During the Bilateral Aircraft Mishap Functional Training Exercise, U.S. Navy sailors and Japanese emergency responders ...

Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

Japan has not engaged in war since World War II, maintaining a pacifist stance under its post-war constitution. However, ...

Under the agreement, 5,000 will move to Guam from Okinawa, with thousands more to relocate to bases ... lion's share of military facilities and personnel when compared to the rest of Japan.

(Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake) NAHA (Kyodo) -- Okinawa Prefecture said Friday that Japan's Supreme Court has ... plan for a controversial U.S. military base transfer was illegal. The court decision ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks in the Brady Press briefing room on the mid-air crash between ...

A Russian Navy surveillance ship made a nine-day cruise in the vicinity of Japan’s southwest islands approaching as close as ...

NAHA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has set ... He said current plans to return U.S. military bases to Japan, agreed to by both countries, fail to come close to achieving his goal.

Nago, Okinawa Pref., Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Wednesday started work ... project to build a replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan, Okinawa.

Okinawa Prefecture has been converting former military base land into large business complexes ... Air Station Futenma is finally returned to Japan.