Ralph Waldo Emerson, a famous American philosopher once said: "Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be achieved through understanding." For the people of Okinawa, US military bases have been a problem since the American occupation of the islands in 1945. There have been violent clashes between US military personnel and Okinawan citizens, such as the Koza Uprising in 1970, but the violence it didn't solve the problem. Recently, the U.S. Marine Corps Air Base Futenma, often called "the most dangerous air base in the world," has been in the spotlight as politicians try to resolve disputes. Understanding all aspects of the Futenma issue and its relocation may be the only way to resolve this decades-old issue and bring peace to the citizens. Futenma was built more than half a century ago, after the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, when the United States Army built this base in the ruins of the villages that once stood there. After the war, when people who had lived in the villages began to return, they found their homes replaced by a military base. As a result, people began to live along the base, and even today the densely populated city of Ginowan encloses the airfield. Since Futenma is an operational military base, military jets repeat takeoffs and landings several times a day. The jets roar over the heads of the residents of Ginowan City and they become dizzy with fear that one of the planes will cause a crash and injure an innocent bystander. In 1996, both the Japanese and U.S. governments agreed to close Futenma Air Base if a replacement site was found. Recently, Henoko in the Nago region has been mentioned in discussions as p...... center of paper ......ears as if when a solution is found, another door opens to another problem concerning this problem. The local voice of the people of Nago was heard when they re-elected a mayor who had completely opposed the relocation plan to Futenma. However, politicians in Tokyo try to use money to sway negotiations in their favor, when in reality the focus should be on the voice of the local people. Is the Tokyo authority under pressure from a foreign power? The people of Okinawa may always be on the losing end of the stick and on the other end, a foreign country that is paid billions of dollars just to remain a symbol of power for other countries in Asia. The only way to solve the problem is not through violence, but through understanding on both sides. “Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be achieved through understanding,” no matter how long it takes.