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 ...

Hometown: Okinawa, Japan How long have you been working for the U.S. Army: Six years What other positions have you held with ...

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

Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running ...

This is the first time the Marines cut their head count on Okinawa as part of a deal between Washington and Tokyo to shrink ...

The Department of Defense Education Activity has released few details about the accidental death this week of a Kadena High ...

In Okinawa, the thought that the victim could well have been oneself or one’s daughter is common enough. A song by Yoko Tamaki goes, “The girls who were killed by military bases in their ...

Japanese police on the island of Okinawa arrested four sailors assigned ... Sign up for Task & Purpose Today to get the latest in military news each morning, and The Pentagon Rundown for a weekly ...

Recently, the military has built new bases and ... Since 1995, anti-base protests have escalated in Okinawa, where there are still more than 30 bases. A “temporary” base has existed since ...

(Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake) NAHA (Kyodo) -- Okinawa Prefecture said Friday that ... a modified landfill plan for a controversial U.S. military base transfer was illegal. The court decision, dated ...