05 - Veterans Resources - A community for military veterans

In May 1972, when Okinawa was returned to Japanese control, the area exclusively used for U.S. military facilities there amounted to about 27,893 hectares. As of January this year, the area had shrunk to 18,609 hectares, down around 33.3 percent. Compared with what happens on Japan’s main islands, the pace of base reduction in Okinawa is slow. ................
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