Tag: Okinawa

FBI Boston office returns 22 artifacts looted from Okinawa after WWII

Boston’s FBI office on Friday handed over 22 artifacts to authorities in Okinawa eight decades after the items were stolen from the Japanese island at the end of World War II. The FBI was tipped off to the looted historical pieces in January 2023 when the family of a recently deceased Massachusetts man reported finding […]

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March 16, 2024

Frustrated Tokyo overrides local officials on U.S. Okinawa base relocation

Seoul, South Korea — In a move described as “unprecedented,” Japan’s central government has stepped in and overruled the local government of Okinawa in an effort to jump-start construction on a new base for U.S. troops on the island. The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday gave the go-ahead for construction to reinforce soft […]

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March 16, 2024

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