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Okinawa: Quick Facts

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Japan urges US to tighten discipline after another US marine arrested in Okinawa • Nov. 1, 2026, 11:07 PM ET (Straits Times)
US Marine indicted over alleged murder of woman in Okinawa • Oct. 26, 2026, 12:23 AM ET (CNN)

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Okinawa
Map showing the location of Okinawa, highlighted in orange, in the western Pacific Ocean. The map includes parts of Japan, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and surrounding seas, with Okinawa situated southwest of mainland Japan and east of Taiwan.
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