Not sure about the base on Okinawa. The Japanese gov may like it, the locals were not neccessarily in favour of keeping their occupiers afaik.
Of course the Japanese were occupiers before the Marines got there in the eyes of many Okinawans. There’s a book by an anthropologist at UK that I am very fond of about the tough spot they find themselves in sovereignty- and identity-wise.

Unlike Korea, they were not in the habit of being a colony and their hate for English speakers is very much visible, even today.
Koreans can be stubborn pains in the ass and all and that can make them hard to deal with, but I have always enjoyed their company because if there is one thing I think you can say about Koreans is that they never have been and never will be in the habit of being anyone’s colony.