NHK has learned that a new reclamation project began as part of a plan to relocate a US military base within Japan's ...

With the distant sea in the background, majestic buildings jut up from the base of a gently sloping hillside that was part of ...

A wave of misleading videos pushing for Okinawa’s independence from mainland Japan is part of a wider disinformation campaign aimed at realigning the islands with China. In a recent investigation, the ...

US president-elect Donald Trump pressured Japan to pay more for American troops stationed on its soil during his first term ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's fleet of hybrid-helicopter military aircraft have been cleared to resume operations after being grounded ...

A US army base worker has been jailed for life for rape and murder in Okinawa, in a case that sparked anti-US protests in Japan ... last year against the US military after Shinzato was arrested ...

The joint trainings were held in McGregor Range and White Sands Missile Range in the U.S. state of New Mexico. China and ...

The burden of hosting U.S. military bases continues to be a serious issue for Okinawa, even half a century after its return to Japan. Denny Tamaki met with Prime Minister Abe and the U.S. embassy ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said plans to relocate a US military base on the island of Okinawa will continue, despite a referendum rejecting the move. Some 72% of voters in the non ...

which loaded the territory with military bases. Today a fifth of Okinawa’s main island remains in US hands, to the frustration of most residents. Just 0.6 percent of Japan’s land mass hosts ...

Unless corrective measures are made, and quickly, the anti-U.S. military base sentiment and movement in Okinawa will grow, damaging Japan-U.S. cooperation at a crucial time. The Ministry of ...

young people feel that there is nothing we can do about the U.S. military bases, since they already exist, and that they are also necessary for the defense of Japan," Shima said. Okinawa's painful ...