50 years on / Okinawa's love-hate relationship with U.S. base jobs

Tokusuke Serikyaku talks about his time working at the U.S. military base named Camp Chinen, which is now the golf course behind him, in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

This year, Okinawa marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan. This is the third installment of a series that explores some of the issues that have affected Okinawa people since the handover, leading up to the present day.