Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on March 1, 2019, after a vote on the relocation of a U.S. base on the island on Feb. 25. Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Marines of the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment practice with .50-caliber machine guns on a firing range on Okinawa. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption
Pictured in 2019, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki on Tuesday questioned U.S. measures to stop the coronavirus from spreading on the island. Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Richard Overton had been the oldest living veteran of American wars. He died Thursday. Darren Abate/AP hide caption
MV-22 Ospreys are seen at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, in 2014. Eric Talmadge/AP hide caption
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, stands outside an elementary school as he shows a picture of the window fallen from U.S. military helicopter onto the sports ground of the school in Ginowan, Okinawa, on Wednesday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
This original Blue Seal ice cream store opened its doors to Okinawans in 1963. It's now the flagship location. Sonia Narang for NPR hide caption
Demonstrators hold placards that read "Withdraw Marine Corps" during a rally against the US military presence in Naha, Okinawa prefecture on Sunday, following the alleged rape and murder of a local woman by a former U.S. marine employed on the U.S. military base. Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, on Oct. 1, 2015. Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators gather in a silent rally to mourn the death of an Okinawa woman in front of Camp Zukeran on May 22. The crime is thrusting the opposition to the U.S. presence on Okinawa back in the spotlight. The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images hide caption
As President Visits Japan, Okinawa Controversy Is Back In The Limelight
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks Friday at a news conference in Naha, Japan, in which he announced his approval of landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within his prefecture, walking back his pledge to move the base off Okinawa. Kyodo /Landov hide caption
A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter takes off from Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images hide caption