Lonely Planet Stress levels need a reset? Head to Okinawa.

MSN News The aircraft had been assigned to Okinawa, which hosts more than half of the 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan.

VICE News It was the biggest demonstration against the US military presence on Okinawa in two decades, and marked a new low in the already strained relations between Washington and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the island.

NPR In the wake of an alleged rape and murder of a local woman by a former U.S. Marine, the heavy American military presence on the Japanese island of Okinawa continues to be a point of tension.

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The Economist The governor of Okinawa will today once more explain his island prefecture’s objection to a planned new base for American marines

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The Wall Street Journal About 35,000 people gathered at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha to protest the U.S. base relocation.

CBS News A CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley flashback: A dog named "Blackie" sat for months on an island between roads just "waiting for his master to return." The dog's owner never came back for the little black dog, but you have to admire his loyalty...