CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese police are investigating email threats that targeted 32 U.S. military installations on the ...

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 ...

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

The future of a massive land reclamation project in Okinawa Prefecture for a new U.S. military base looks increasingly murky as construction work entered its third year on Dec. 14. The project ...

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

Okinawa Prefecture has been converting former military base land into large business complexes or mid- to tall-sized residential buildings, which tend to spoil the original landscapes. In contrast ...

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 ...

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 ...

After WWII, most of Okinawa’s population were placed in internment camps, and the U.S. seized swathes of land and built military bases. While America’s occupation of Japan ended in 1951 ...