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US starts relocating Marines from Okinawa
The Straits Times
|December 16, 2024
The US has begun relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Tokyo and Washington said on Dec 14, after decades of mounting grievances among locals over America's military presence.
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In 2012, the US said it would redeploy 9,000 Marines from the island, where communities complain that bases are an unfair burden - with objections ranging from pollution to noise and helicopter crashes.
The relocation began with "a small detachment of approximately 100 logistics support Marines" transferred to the US island territory of Guam, said Japan's Defence Ministry and the US Marine Corps.
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