# Okinawa town mayor protests planned US Typhon missile storage

https://mins.news/en/item/77990

- CGTN, 2026-09-29 02:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-29/Japanese-town-in-Okinawa-protests-planned-US-Typhon-missile-storage-1QPkK5NU0JG/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Hiroshi Toyama, mayor of Okinawa’s Kadena Town, asked Japan’s Okinawa Defense Bureau to withdraw plans to store the US Typhon mid-range missile system at Kadena Air Base. He said the plan disregards residents’ feelings and warned that an unspecified storage period could become a permanent deployment.

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