Japanese Bureaucrats Hide Decision to Move All US Marines out of Okinawa to Guam

Tanaka Sakai; William Steele; Gavan McCormack

doi:10.1017/S1557466009009073

Japanese Bureaucrats Hide Decision to Move All US Marines out of Okinawa to Guam

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2025

Tanaka Sakai ,

William Steele and

Gavan McCormack

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The Japanese government announced on 15 December 2009 that it was postponing indefinitely any decision on the contentious issue of a “Replacement Facility” for the Futenma Marine base in Okinawa. The decision to make no decision was low-key and at first glance may seem inconsequential. Its symbolic importance, however, is huge, signalling a possible changing of the tide of history in East Asia, above all in the US-Japan relationship.

Type: Research Article
Information: Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 51 , December 2009 , e4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1557466009009073 [Opens in a new window]
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