I seem to remember that while homeported in Yokosuka 1960-62 ‘they’ were basically given one of the front gate entrances (3 if I recall) UNLESS the USN needed all 3 for almost ANY reason.
I believe the alternate was going to be that Yokosuka would be OFF LIMITS if free access on and off the base weren’t allowed.
Even the anti nukers didn’t want to rile up ALL the shopkeepers/ladies of the evening/ etc etc since just about the ONLY money was from NavBase Yokosuka.
I first went there in 1957 and we were told if we got in trouble outside the gate, better hope some SPs were around because we didn’t particularly want to be dealing with the Japanese Police...that included stiffing a bar, taxi or assault....
Also received a primer on how you may be in line to lose whatver part of your body you committed a crime with
Also had the warning about eating the local vegatables (they used human fertilizer and they figured our ‘delicate’ systems couldn’t handle it) We found that enough Japanese Whiskey was a good offset....
I was there early to mid-80s.
I remember jokes by the SPs about the anti-nuke riots being very orderly and choreographed. All done in very Japanese neat as a pin manner. I never actually saw one they always seemed to happen when I wasn’t there. (The few times they happened!)