Fierce opposition to relocation of US base to Okinawa threatens to sour Japan’s relations with the US.
THE azure waters lapping at the sandy beaches of the city of Nago could have leapt straight out of a brochure. But the yells coming from a nearby football field at Camp Schwab, overlooking the north-east coast of Okinawa, offer a clue to the area’s envisioned future, not as a holiday destination but as a bedrock of the region’s security, with thousands of US troops at its core.
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