[Sangetsu]

The military bases in Okinawa have existed for several generations now, and the sound of aircraft and the presence of US soldiers is just as familiar to the locals as the hills and mountains.

You'll find many servicemen married to Japanese women, but you won't find many children as most military postings are temporary at best. A soldier might spend a year or two in Okinawa until getting an assignment or a promotion to work somewhere else. During my time in the Army my longest stint at any one place was only 1 year.

If you come to Tokyo you'll find many couples with mixed children, I see them every day. It's no big deal, and no one gives them a second look.

Japan may not be a Christian country, but Japan's culture has it's share of morals. Ironically, people from "Christian" countries actually have more moral freedom than the Japanese. In Japan you'll rarely if ever see men and women kiss in public, even hand holding is rare. In America it's not uncommon to see men kissing men, women kissing women, such things are unheard of in Japan. Abortions in Japan are rare for more than one reason. First, the Japanese are not as sexually active as other nationalities, secondly, Japan's cultural morality discourages abortion. This same sense of morality is also behind the Japanese dislike of tattoos or otherwise marking or disfiguring the body your parents gave to you. And then you can add Nyorin's information about how difficult getting an abortion in Japan is. I suspect that the national government is more than a little concerned about Japan's negative birth rate, so I wouldn't be surprised if Abortions are even further restricted in the future.