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U.S. to Return Yokohama Navy Housing Area to Japan

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The U.S. Navy’s Negishi Dependent Housing Area in Yokohama in 2019

The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:01 JST, March 13, 2026

The Japan-U.S. Joint Committee has agreed to return the U.S. Navy’s Negishi Dependent Housing Area to Japan by June 30, the Defense Ministry announced Thursday.

The 43-hectare area is spread across the Naka, Minami and Isogo wards in Yokohama.

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