A Pentagon statement that it will not return Futenma to Japan until it provides a replacement runway is not new, Japan’s defense minister said.
The US does not intend to vacate the current airbase for now due to disagreement over runway length at a replacement site, a ...
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 ...
It was a risky gamble to call a snap election – her career was on the line. But now Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is basking in the strongest majority for a Japanese government in more than 70 years. Here’s ...
CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa — An infantry officer with experience in Okinawa, Italy, Iraq and Afghanistan has taken command of the Marine Corps’ only permanently deployed expeditionary brigade. Brig. Gen.
The Oscar-nominated Kokuho tells a compelling story about friendship, the weight of history and the torturous road to ...
U.S. Marines load onto CH-53E Super Stallions after conducting a helicopter raid as part of a combined Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Ie-Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2026. (Cpl. John ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 15-year-old sushi restaurant that closed in December for what the head chef then called “touch-ups” will reopen later this month — not with sashimi and ...
For anyone keeping a short list on the favorites for gold in women’s figure skating in 2026, Kaori Sakamoto better be on it. Kaori became the first Japanese woman to win a world title since Mao Asada ...