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Military facilities of the United States in Japan, 2016 U.S. military bases in Japan U.S. military facilities in Okinawa Prefecture, 2010. The USFJ headquarters is at Yokota Air Base, about 30 km west of central Tokyo. The U.S. military installations in Japan and their managing branches are as follows:
A US Army helicopter flying over Tokyo, 2011. The earliest origins of United States Army Japan can be traced to General Douglas MacArthur's assumption of command of U.S. Army Forces in the Far East. In July 1941, USAFFE was established in Manila.
Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The United States is the largest operator of military bases abroad, with 38 "named bases" [ note 1 ] with active duty, national guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014.
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
Camp Zama is home to the U.S. Army Japan (USARJ), I Corps (Forward), U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan "Ninjas", 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, Japan Engineer District (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), 78th Signal Battalion and the Bilateral Coordination Department and 4th Engineer Group of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
Roughly 70% of the US military bases in Japan are on Okinawa. The US and Japan announced last year that a newly redesignated Marine unit with advanced intelligence, surveillance capabilities and ...
When Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan in 1853, using naval pressure to open up Japan to foreign trade, Yokosuka was a quaint, native fishing village. In 1860, Lord Oguri Kozukenosuke, Minister of Finance to the Tokugawa Shogunate Government, decided that "If Japan is to assume an active role in world trade, she must have proper facilities to build and maintain large seagoing vessels."
US Army Garrison Okinawa is a US Army facility located in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.Home to the United States Army on Okinawa, 10th Support Group (Regional), along with the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), 247th MP DET, and the 349th Signal Company (78th SIG BN) provide support to all other U.S. military services on the island.