Washington will return Okinawa’s American territory to Japan

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The Pentagon decided to return almost 40 apt. To Japan this month. km of territory on the island of Okinawa, occupied by the Americans during the Second World War, reports Look with reference to CNN.





"39,9 Sq. km on the island of Okinawa are a training area of ​​a large American military base located on the complex of islands in the Pacific Ocean in 1 thousand. 550 km south-west of Tokyo, ”the report says.

Most of Okinawa’s territory was returned to Japan in 1972. And with 1990, the countries began negotiations to return the rest of the island.

“In order to facilitate the return of land, the Japanese government agreed to build six helicopter landing sites and access roads that would allow American troops to conduct exercises on this territory,” the channel said, citing a Pentagon representative.

The US Department of Defense hopes to continue to manage the territory that it used for combat training in the jungle, CNN /

Formal transfer of land should take place in the last decade of December.

According to the Pentagon, in Japan there are currently about 52 thousand American troops (with the civilian personnel taken into account, the number of Americans exceeds 100 thousand).
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  1. +10
    7 December 2016 09: 44
    Trump decided to drastically reduce costs? ... or is Washington setting an example for us on the Kuril Islands ...?
    1. +12
      7 December 2016 09: 55
      If Trump is not a stupid fellow, he will now transfer troops against Salafists and South American drug lords. Capturing Arab oil will give the United States enormous opportunities, put all Islamic terrorism into cancer, depriving it of finance and giving the opportunity to put pressure on Russia to control oil prices, and from the debt hole will help get out. As for Japan and others, these are expenses that the US does not need today ... If not stupid guys gather in Washington, then they will do so.
      1. +10
        7 December 2016 10: 27
        I hope that Putin is not a monkey to blindly imitate a stranger's demonstrative-demagogic and manipulative example of the United States on revising WWII results by victorious countries regarding defeated Japan in the issue of the Kuril Islands belonging to Russia.
        1. +8
          7 December 2016 11: 30
          What does Putin have to do with it? Japan is occupied by the United States, and officially.
      2. +4
        7 December 2016 10: 31
        Quote: Krayt
        And about Japan and others, these are expenses that the US does not need today ...

        Yes, these costs for merikos - a penny (cents). Just a beautiful gesture.
        1. +4
          7 December 2016 13: 14
          Quote: evge-malyshev
          Quote: Krayt
          And about Japan and others, these are expenses that the US does not need today ...

          Yes, these costs for merikos - a penny (cents). Just a beautiful gesture.

          Especially December 7th is very symbolic. (Pearl Harbor)
      3. +7
        7 December 2016 11: 05
        Quote: Krayt
        will put all Islamic terrorism in cancer, depriving it of finance.
        do you think he is separate from the United States or that there is this "Islamic terrorism". Actually, this is their brainchild - completely controlled and funded.
      4. +3
        7 December 2016 12: 09
        the seizure of Arab oil ... what macar? bomb the Saudis and Kuwait, the first friends of mattresses in the east? laughter, and only.
      5. +2
        7 December 2016 13: 08
        Quote: Krayt
        If Trump is not a stupid fellow, he will now transfer troops against Salafists and South American drug lords

        If Trump is not a stupid fellow, he will turn all military and economic power against China.
        1. +1
          7 December 2016 16: 18
          China did not explode either in the Russian Federation or in the USA, the Saudis did it.
    2. +12
      7 December 2016 09: 56
      A hint of GDP on the signing of a peace treaty. US return to Okinawa Japanese ... before Putin's trip to Japan. An accident? And what is at the end of this chain?
      Apparently the United States is also interested in Putin giving the Japanese a gift.
      1. cap
        +4
        7 December 2016 10: 54
        Quote: Stas157
        An accident? And what is at the end of this chain?


        Relocated to the Kuril Islands, no one will ask the Japanese, as well as continue to remain in Okinawa, they will simply pay for the rent, there are enough candy wrappers.
        1. 0
          7 December 2016 15: 27
          Relocated to the Kuril Islands, no one will ask the Japanese, as well as continue to remain in Okinawa, they will simply pay for the rent, there are enough candy wrappers.

          How are relocated to the Kuril Islands? So far, Russia has not given them the islands.
          1. cap
            +3
            7 December 2016 15: 34
            Quote: Alex_Tug
            How are relocated to the Kuril Islands? So far, Russia has not given them the islands.


            I’m here next to these islands, so I worry most of all that the Japanese will just appear there, but I’m generally silent about the transfer. Even you write while does not give. I won’t write further, there is already one point. We will wait for what the management says, a little remains. hi
            1. 0
              7 December 2016 15: 54
              The recent economic crisis has greatly changed the picture of labor migration in Russia. Many qualified foreign specialists left the country

              Of course off topic. Turkmen (Tajik) janitors are already refusing to work in Moscow. Just funny to read the news.
      2. WKS
        +2
        7 December 2016 11: 00
        Quote: Stas157
        Apparently the United States is also interested in Putin giving the Japanese a gift.

        The United States is interested in Russia forever in a smoldering conflict.
        1. +1
          7 December 2016 16: 20
          The conflict with Japan will never end, because this state has always attacked all its neighbors throughout its history. A peace treaty with Japan is not even worth the paper on which it can be written.
    3. +5
      7 December 2016 09: 57
      He will return, he will certainly return, maybe someday, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, or in a month, or in a year .... laughing
      1. +1
        7 December 2016 10: 34
        Well, you can not return, but for a long-term lease for example take ....
        1. cap
          +1
          7 December 2016 15: 41
          Quote: twincam
          Well, you can not return, but for a long-term lease for example take ....


          It will turn out like in a cartoon when a fox in a bear rented a stroller from a motorcycle. With the Japanese, there will be no other way, only it's not a fox but a samurai, with them
          "Vasya Vasya" and "a glass" will not work. We swam.
      2. +3
        7 December 2016 12: 08
        Anatoly ... From a dead donkey, they will return their ears ... Then Russia rises nearby, and the fenders up the territory ??? wassat
        1. cap
          +1
          7 December 2016 15: 42
          Quote: 210ox
          Anatoly ... From a dead donkey, they will return their ears ... Then Russia rises nearby, and the fenders up the territory ??? wassat


          Purely PR move, this is clear to everyone. Obama’s environment is still those marketers.
    4. +14
      7 December 2016 10: 01
      Quote: Coco
      Trump decided to drastically reduce costs? ... or is Washington setting an example for us on the Kuril Islands ...?

      A colleague, there is still Monkey making decisions, Trump will steer after the inauguration, A formal transfer of land should take place in the last decade of December.
      That's the answer to all the questions, FORMAL, everything is as it was, and there will be bases and mattress warriors and raped Japanese women. Yes, to hell with them, not the Kuril Islands, let the bamboo smoke. hi
      1. 0
        7 December 2016 12: 46
        The transfer of power will be carried out not in the last decade of December, but in the early 20th of January.
      2. cap
        0
        7 December 2016 15: 45
        Quote: vovanpain
        Yes, to hell with them, not the Kuril Islands, let them smoke bamboo. hi


        good
    5. avt
      +4
      7 December 2016 10: 22
      Quote: Coco
      ..or Washington sets an example for us on the Kuril Islands ..?

      laughing good Correctly noticed! laughing It was the liquidation of the USA and Okinawa bases in particular that was the cornerstone of the transfer of two islands to Khrushchev and the signing of a peace treaty. bully
      1. +5
        7 December 2016 10: 44
        Quote: avt
        Correctly noticed! It was the liquidation of the USA and Okinawa bases in particular that was the cornerstone of the transfer of two islands to Khrushchev and the signing of a peace treaty.

        That's right. There is only one thing but ... Putin is not Khrushchev. He does not sow corn, and does not threaten Kuzkin’s mother ... but silently and calmly strengthens the islands of the Kuril ridge. hi
        1. 0
          7 December 2016 13: 20
          It is necessary for the Japanese to give some sort of training ground in the Urals. This is cooler. We are reconciling part of our territory for peace with the Japanese laughing
          1. +3
            7 December 2016 13: 27
            Quote: samoletil18
            It is necessary for the Japanese to give some sort of training ground in the Urals. This is cooler. We are reconciling part of our territory for peace with the Japanese laughing

            First of all, we need to increase the strength of the Pacific Fleet, as the Japanese are building their fleet at a good pace. And so that they do not have any illusions, it is necessary to introduce new ships and certainly the ocean zone into the Pacific Fleet as soon as possible.
          2. cap
            +1
            7 December 2016 15: 49
            Quote: samoletil18
            It is necessary for the Japanese to give some sort of training ground in the Urals. This is cooler. We are reconciling part of our territory for peace with the Japanese laughing


            You missed the word nuclear in a sentence, all the more they are already accustomed to the effects of alpha, beta, and what else .... laughing To be honest, they lifted up with the islands. It seems that the Americans are crushing them on tomatoes, I really want to cover the Sea of ​​Okhotsk for us.
    6. +1
      7 December 2016 11: 29
      Trump decided to drastically reduce costs?
      Obama decided to increase them. Now you have to pay for using the landfill.
    7. 0
      7 December 2016 14: 21
      Yapy are already submissive even without bases ...
  2. +2
    7 December 2016 09: 50
    [/ quote] The Pentagon decided to return to Japan this month almost 40 square meters. km of territory on the island of Okinawa occupied by Americans during World War II
    Don’t even think of hinting at the Kuril Islands am [Quote]
    “In order to facilitate the return of land, the Japanese government must build a helipad in each city of Russia and the roads naturally with our contractors, then you might think lol
    1. +1
      7 December 2016 11: 16
      Quote: midivan
      To facilitate the return of land, the Japanese government must build a helipad in each city of Russia and the roads naturally with our contractors, then you might think

      And I would give the South Kuril Islands. True, first let Hokkaido be returned.
  3. +2
    7 December 2016 09: 52
    Quote: Coco
    Trump decided to drastically reduce costs? ... or is Washington setting an example for us on the Kuril Islands ...?


    Or tired of being responsible for the behavior of his "exceptional" soldiers in relation to the local population.
    But about the "example" - it seems ...
    1. +1
      7 December 2016 13: 46
      Interesting:
      One Japanese military expert said that the US withdrawal from Japan will strengthen the position of China ....
      What is called - and I want and prick :)
  4. +3
    7 December 2016 10: 06
    It seems like a game ... normalization of relations with Japan is just beginning (it is clear that the territorial issue with a return does not shine in any case) ... the Americans are demonstrating their willingness to broadly resolve issues with a key ally in the region ...
  5. +4
    7 December 2016 10: 15
    Japan is an occupied country, which since 1945 has been dancing to the arrogant Saxon pipe.
    Another bone may be thrown to the Japanese, but to give up power over them .., the fools have no fools.
  6. +10
    7 December 2016 10: 21
    US Department of Defense hopes to continue to manage territory

    Formally they will hand over, but in reality they will be there and plan to continue to manage this territory. Another idiot designed exclusively for the media.
    1. +2
      7 December 2016 10: 32
      Quote: rotmistr60
      Another idiot designed exclusively for the media.

      Fushington has never left occupied territories. And all these supposedly land transfers are nothing more than another fraud from the obama!
      1. 0
        7 December 2016 12: 46
        He left the Philippines.))
        1. 0
          7 December 2016 13: 25
          From Vietnam with our help.
  7. +2
    7 December 2016 10: 51
    Quote: Stas157
    Apparently the United States is also interested in Putin giving the Japanese a gift.

    It seems like that !! We are the island samurai, following the mattress, and they, then there is the base!
    1. 0
      7 December 2016 11: 01
      But here nevermind. Putin said his territory is not trading.
  8. 0
    7 December 2016 10: 56
    To go nuts how the world is changing.
  9. +1
    7 December 2016 12: 00
    Quote: Coco
    Trump decided to drastically reduce costs? ... or is Washington setting an example for us on the Kuril Islands ...?

    it’s they who before Japan want to show how kind they are and how evil Russia is.
  10. +1
    7 December 2016 12: 15
    our Kuril Islands are not so much needed by narrow-film as mattresses. to put there a base from which our inland Sea of ​​Okhotsk and almost all of the Far East will be controlled.
    1. +1
      7 December 2016 13: 35
      But in Hokkaido, are not those feelings? Less cost? Or what? Although, before the Russo-Japanese War, it would be relevant.
  11. +2
    7 December 2016 12: 21
    Do Japan have the Army and Navy are so strong that in fact they do not need US bases! The US needs bases, to confront China ... and for the 7th Fleet ...
  12. MMX
    +1
    7 December 2016 15: 10
    Well this is not a joke. Almost 40 square meters. Km! A serious game has gone since the stakes are so high ...
  13. 0
    7 December 2016 20: 24
    Quote: Krayt
    depriving him of finances and will provide an opportunity to put pressure on the Russian Federation by controlling oil prices, and it will help to get out of the debt hole.

    How long will it help?
  14. 0
    8 December 2016 00: 01
    and why am I not surprised that all the talk about Japan among the "patriots" is reduced to the Kuril Islands? : 3

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