Editing Aomori Prefecture (section)

===1945 to present===
During the [[Occupation of Japan]], Aomori's military bases were controlled by the US military. Hachinohe Airfield was occupied until 1950, and was called Camp Haugen.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. ARMY IN JAPAN 1945~ |url=https://www.usarj.army.mil/Portals/33/about/history/major_units_and_installations_201806.pdf |publisher=[[United States Army, Japan]] |date=June 2018 |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> [[Misawa Air Base]] was occupied and rebuilt by the [[United States Army Air Forces]]; the base has seen a US military presence since then.<ref>{{cite web |title=Misawa Air Force Base in Misawa, Japan |url=https://militarybases.com/overseas/japan/misawa/ |work=Military Bases.com |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> [[Aomori Broadcasting Corporation|Radio Aomori]] made its first broadcast in 1953.<ref name="RAB">{{cite web |title=青森県放送局情報 |trans-title=Aomori Broadcasting Station Information |url=http://www.denpa-data.com/denpadata/station-data/tohoku/aomori.htm |language=ja |date=7 September 2020 |access-date=12 October 2020}}</ref>  Four years later, the first fish [[auction]]s were held. 1958 saw the completion of the Municipal Fish Market as well as the opening of the Citizen's Hospital. In the same year, the [[Tsugaru Line]] established a rail connection with the village of [[Minmaya, Aomori|Minmaya]] at the tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hiroshi Nakano |title=青森）津軽線が開業60年 臨時列車が運行 |trans-title=Aomori- 60 years since the Tsugaru Line opened a special train operation |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASLBP35RMLBPUBNB001.html |newspaper=The Asahi Shimbun |language=ja |date=22 October 2018 |access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>

In March 1985, after 23 years of labor and a financial investment of 690&nbsp;billion yen, the [[Seikan Tunnel]] finally linked the islands of [[Honshū]] and [[Hokkaido]], thereby becoming the longest tunnel of its kind in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=30 years on, world's longest undersea tunnel faces challenges as Japan balances bullet trains with freight |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/14/national/30-years-worlds-longest-undersea-tunnel-faces-challenges-japan-balances-bullet-trains-freight/#.XxEOzudS-00 |newspaper=Japan Times |date=14 March 2018 |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> Almost exactly three years later, on March 13, railroad service was inaugurated on the [[Tsugaru Kaikyo Line]]. The tunnel's opening to rail traffic saw the end of the Seikan Ferry rail service. During their 80 years of service, the Seikan rail ferries sailed between Aomori and [[Hakodate]] some 720,000 times, carrying 160&nbsp;million passengers. It continues to operate between the cities, ferrying automobile traffic and passengers rather than trains.<ref>{{cite web |author=W.A. Pearce |title=Japanese Railway Ships |url=http://www.japaneserailwaysociety.com/jrs/members/pearce/ships/ships2.htm |work=Japanese Railway Society |access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>

[[Aomori Public University|Aomori Public College]] opened in April 1993. In April 1995, [[Aomori Airport]] began offering regular international air service to [[Seoul, South Korea]], and [[Khabarovsk, Russia]]; however, the flights to Khabarovsk were discontinued in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Story of Aomori |url=http://www.city.aomori.aomori.jp/contents/english/01-1location.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522191658/http://www.city.aomori.aomori.jp/contents/english/01-1location.html |publisher=City of Aomori |date=2007 |access-date=7 June 2007 |archive-date=22 May 2011}}</ref> In June 2007, four [[North Korean defectors]] reached Aomori Prefecture, after having been at sea for six days, marking the second known case ever where defectors have successfully reached Japan by boat.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/20070603page_id=44 |title=4 North Korean defectors reach Japan after 6 days on the open sea |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103708/http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/20070603page_id=44 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |newspaper=Japan News Review |date=3 June 2007 |access-date=19 July 2008}}</ref> In March 2011, a [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|magnitude 9.0 earthquake]] struck the east coast of Japan. The southeastern coast of Aomori Prefecture was affected by the resulting [[tsunami]]. Buildings along harbors were damaged along with boats thrown about in the streets.<ref>{{cite web |title=The area is searched |url=http://infra-archive311.jp/en/?area=a02 |work=Earthquake Memorial Museum |publisher=Tohoku Regional Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>