troops have called the japanese island of oklahoma nawaz wokinawa home. as roxana saberi reports not everyone is happy about it. >> reporter: in a oklahom okin village they're protesting. >> they could take us into another war, other country's bases were likely to target us. if we build another base here we could have the same problem. >> across the bay the place where the new base is supposed to be built. there are plans for multiple runways, helipads ammunition, fuel depot, and docking huge ships. opposition becomes louder and sometimes breaks into confrontations. u.s. presence is needed, officials say, to keep tensions between china and north korea rising. but the organizer hoor wants the u.s. there wants theu.s. to lea. >> that means we could be a hub for international trade and cultural interactions. >> reporter: it's about a 60 mile drive south from hanoko where the new base is projected to be from the old base. he can see the new base from his route, he gives his estimation of a an osprey flying overhead. setting off alarms. >> they should take the