Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism, but younger generations also worry about ...

The American base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines. But an agreement to move 9,000 in total is colliding with the ...

China is ramping up its military actions and raising tensions in the Nansei Islands. Japan is bolstering its presence in ...

OKINAWA, Japan – Ms Keiko Itokazu can still remember the day in 1965 when the parachute didn’t open. It was attached to a jeep trailer that was dropped from an airplane, along with US ...

A French Navy frigate is making a port call at a US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The vessel is taking part in a trilateral exercise with Japan and the United States in the ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Researchers ... including potential U.S. military activities, is difficult, particularly in populated areas. “Typically, at least in the United States, the ...

Pending repairs to the island airfield, the Air Force’s 18th Wing since December 2023 has made its training drops about once ...

Okinawa is a mirror that reflects the flaws and poverty of politics in Japan. Do political leaders develop policies while paying serious attention to public opinion? Do they heed dissenting voices ...

My family moved from New Orleans to Okinawa. Public spaces in Japan are design with kids in mind, something I miss now that I ...

Dozens of U.S. and Japanese military aircraft held training around Okinawa Island in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Following a meeting of the Special Action Committee on Okinawa, the United States in 1996 ... ahead of other U.S. military sites located south of the Kadena Air Base, and the local governments ...