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Yoshimasa Shiroma, 85, talks to Marines from Camp Schwab as they settle their bill at Ocean Sushi Restaurant in Henoko, a village known to be friendly to Americans in Okinawa, Japan, on July 26, 2015. Shiroma has been in business in Henoko for 42 years, mostly serving the military from neighboring Camp Schwab.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
Kakazu Heights in Ginowan was the location of a fierce battle in World War II and is now a park which overlooks the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa where V22 Ospreys can be seen parked on the air strip. Many Okinawans want Futenma to close, believing the base is dangerous.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
Hiroyuki Tanaka, a protestor against the expansion of the Marine base at Camp Schwab in Henoko, teaches visitors from Ie Shima, an island to the north of Okinawa, what the construction of two airstrips in Oura Bay will do to the ecology of the area, which is home to many species of coral, fish, and the dugong. The fence is the separation between Henoko and the base. Photo taken July 24, 2015.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
Koichi Mihahira is a familiar sight at the entrance of Marine Corps Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa, where he protests the location of U.S. military bases in the morning and protests near the gates of Camp Schwab in Henoko in the afternoon. Photo taken on July 30, 2015.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
Across the street from protestors against the U.S. military presence in Okinawa, a group of greeters welcome visitors most mornings to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan. Photo taken on July 30, 2015.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
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