Koza riot
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The Koza riot was a violent and spontaneous protest against the US military presence in Japan on the night of December 20, 1970 and into the morning of the following day in Koza, now part of the city
A U.S. military serviceman stands near a burned Volkswagen Karmann Ghia in Koza, hours after the riot.
The site of the riot roughly 15 years prior, c. 1955.
An Okinawan policeman surveys the damage hours after the riot
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The United States Forces Japan is a subordinate unified command of the United States Pacific Command. It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Comm
Koza riot
…The Koza riot (Japanese: コザ暴動, Hepburn: Koza bōdō) was a violent and spontaneous protest against the US military presence in Japan on the night of December 20, 1970 and into the morning of the following day in Koza, now part of the city of Okinawa. Roughly 5,000 Okinawans clashed…
U.S. Marines with JGSDF soldiers at Camp Kinser
United States forces assisted Japan via Operation Tomodachi following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Company F, 31st MEU, conducts rubber raiding craft training near Kin Blue beach, Okinawa, on 13 July 2011
GIs in Recreation and Amusement Association during occupation of Japan