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

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 ...

The Japanese army's fleet of hybrid-helicopter aircraft have been cleared to resume operations after being grounded following ...

The aircraft was carrying 16 people when it “became unstable” on takeoff from a Japanese military base on Yonaguni, a remote ...

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

Frustration is mounting among the Higashihiroshima community in Japan as people demand action over repeated reports of chemical leaks linked to U.S. military bases in the country, which the Japanese ...

Japan appears to be an exceptional case ... for help in analyzing blood tests from residents near U.S. military bases. An Okinawa civic group in 2022 released test results of samples collected ...

not building a new base" in Okinawa, which hosts some 70 percent of U.S. military bases in Japan. Local anger has also flared after it came to light earlier in the year that the Japanese government ...

Japan’s key military ally is the United States ... That’s close to 10,000 more than Guam, the other critical US base in Asia. Okinawa is the primary hub of US force projection in Asia.

A squadron of F-16 Fighting Falcons recently became the latest to complete a fighter rotation on Okinawa as Kadena Air Base ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Caitlyn Webber, a military spouse, self-published author and substitute teacher on this Marine base, wanted to ... Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as ...