FOCUS: 50 years after return, Okinawa's strategic importance grows for U.S.

Fifty years after Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule, the southern island prefecture has become more important for U.S. forces as a strategic foothold, as China and North Korea move to challenge regional stability.

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