TOKYO -- Monday marked a quarter-century since the U.S. agreed to return its controversial Futenma Air Base in Okinawa to Japan, but a planned relocation remains years away at best, leaving a potential seed of instability in the alliance and raising questions about the future of a key deterrent against China.
International relations
Okinawa base transfer limps along 25 years after deal
'Most dangerous base' caught between local opposition and US security concerns