Travel restrictions ease for some US troops in Japan, but Tokyo remains off-limits

TOKYO — Soldiers and some airmen have been granted more freedom in Japan, though Tokyo and the country’s northernmost prefecture remain off-limits.

U.S. Army Garrison Japan, which oversees Camp Zama and other bases near Japan’s capital in Kanagawa prefecture, in a Facebook post on Friday informed troops, civilian workers and their families that they’re now free to go almost anywhere in the country.

U.S. Army Japan, headquartered at Camp Zama, gave the green light the same day the garrison to ease those travel restrictions, according to its Facebook page.

“Please note, however, that you cannot travel to the island of Hokkaido, areas of Tokyo … Yokohama or Kawasaki,” both messages said.

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