Japan is preparing to introduce tougher restrictions on portable power banks aboard commercial flights, responding to a ...

The US does not intend to vacate the current airbase for now due to disagreement over runway length at a replacement site, a ...

Shuri Castle is still being renovated, but its park and nearby informational exhibits make a visit still worthwhile.

Maui, Samaná Bay, Okinawa, Mirissa, Monterey Bay, Boa Vista, Tenerife, and the Antarctic Peninsula. Expect peak winter activity, but build ...

U.S. Marines, airmen and Japanese emergency responders practiced their skills and response times through a simulated aircraft ...

In November 2023, a U.S. Osprey from the Yokota air base in Tokyo crashed off the island of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, killing eight people on board. In October the following year, a GSDF Osprey ...

It has been learned that the US Department of Defense has told a congressional audit body that Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in southern Japan will not be returned to Japanese authorities unless ...

The broad anti-base alliance that has shaped Okinawa’s politics for nearly a decade is reeling after a bruising election defeat, raising questions about the future of organised resistance to the US ...

We’ve seen a lot of things in Japan, but one thing we haven’t seen is a mini cinema inside an airport. That all changed on 1 October, though, when the Faminchu Theatre opened inside Okinawa’s Naha ...

The United States and Japan are entering a consequential phase of negotiations over how US forces are stationed, funded, and supported across Japan. These talks rarely draw sustained attention, but ...