U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island.

TOKYO: The United States began relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Tokyo and Washington said on Saturday (Dec 14) after decades of mounting grievances among locals over America's military presence.

The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began on Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island,

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