OKINAWA, Japan's most southerly and poorest prefecture, is home to three-quarters of the country's American bases.
The men, who were in Okinawa on the way to Guam, will be sentenced on Friday.
The US bases some 26, 000 troops on Okinawa under a long-standing security alliance with Japan.
At the same time, it will reduce the impact on local communities, like Okinawa.
The Japanese Prime Minister expressed the hope that the Okinawa summit would endorse the statement.
But he made no pledges about the Okinawa base row that brought down his predecessor.
The US bases some 26, 000 troops on Okinawa, where there is opposition to the ongoing military presence.
So the Okinawa outrage became an opportunity for them to re-examine their dependence on a foreign power.
In 1971, America and Japan signed an agreement for the return of Okinawa to Japan in 1972.
The physical movements of the performers evoke those of a pythoness at traditional rituals of ancient Okinawa.
Back in Tokyo, Mr Hashimoto's party and its coalition partners have roughed out an eight-point plan for Okinawa.
The US bases some 26, 000 troops on Okinawa under the terms of a long-standing security alliance with Japan.
They were placed under American administration in accordance with Article 3 of the same treaty, along with Okinawa.
Shiokawa's father fought during World War II, and died on Okinawa less than a year after Shiokawa was born.
The two met in 1990 while serving in the military in Okinawa, Japan.
He spent three years in Okinawa before he came back to the States.
The Americans have about 50, 000 troops in Japan, about half stationed on Okinawa.
Two US troops have been arrested over the alleged rape of a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa.
The 100-tonne boat with 13 crew members had been fishing for coral near Miyako island in the Okinawa chain.
But what is the current mission of U.S. troops and bases on Okinawa?
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The U.S. has maintained bases on Okinawa since the World War II battle there in the spring of 1945.
The U.S. kept military control of Okinawa until 1972, 20 years after the rest of Japan regained its sovereignty.
There are some 51, 000 US troops stationed in Japan, nearly half of which are posted on the island of Okinawa.
One year after that, Okinawa was given back to Japan on condition that the U.S. retain its military bases there.
The boat with a crew of at least 12 was fishing for coral near Miyako island in the Okinawa chain.
U.S. forces on Okinawa will be reduced by 9, 000 by reployments to Guam, Hawaii, and Darwin, leaving 10, 000 on the island.
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And we discussed various issues between Japan and the United States, including host-nation support and we are producing agreements on Okinawa.
WHITEHOUSE: InterContinental Yokohama Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan
G8 summit of rich, democratic nations, which opens in Okinawa on July 21st, it will indeed be the odd one out.
Okinawa's governor, Masahide Ota, has been badgered by developers who drool over Futenma's open spaces close to the crowded prefectural capital, Naha.
It has been forced out of Kahoolawe in Hawaii after local complaints, and the marines may have to leave Okinawa in Japan.
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