NAHA, OKINAWA

IN OCTOBER 1995, tens of thousands of Okinawans turned out to demonstrate against the American military presence on their island. That demonstration, combined with the determination of Masahide Ota, Okinawa's governor, to see all American bases closed by 2015, convinced many outsiders that the American bases on Okinawa faced overwhelming local opposition. Not so. As tempers have cooled in Japan's southernmost outpost, so more and more locals have become convinced that the bases are still important to the island's economic future. Local newspaper polls have ...

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