U.S. military police lifted Kareem El off the ground and slammed him to the pavement in an incident ignited a social media ...

Kareem El, a civilian from Washington, D.C., visiting Okinawa, was held by U.S. military police for declining to provide ...

An American civilian whose violent arrest by U.S. military police on Okinawa was captured on viral video says the unprovoked ...

OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture–A video showing an American civilian being slammed to the ground and detained by U.S. military police outside a local bar has gone viral, raising concerns about ...

We don’t think it was any coincidence that this happened to Capt. El but that he was targeted because of his race,” his ...

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa, to oppose the construction of a ...

TOKYO — Threatening lawsuits and protests, opponents are gearing up to fight a decision by Okinawa’s governor that could pave the way for a new U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island. U.S.

GINOWAN, Japan — It’s election time on the Japanese island of Okinawa, and — as always — the presence of U.S. military bases is center stage. “Give the children of Okinawa back their blue sky,” the ...

This Jan. 27, 2018 aerial photo shows U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, southern Japan. The election of an outspoken critic of the American military presence in Okinawa throws into ...

TOKYO >> The residents of Japan’s southwestern island region of Okinawa rejected a relocation plan for a U.S. military base in a referendum, increasing pressure on the national government to change ...

TOKYO — Voters are expected to vent their anger this weekend at the heavy concentration of American military bases in Okinawa. The strategically important chain of islands southwest of the rest of ...

COVID-19 cases among U.S. military personnel on the Japanese island of Okinawa have caused tensions with local residents. A public outcry has caused the military to make some minor concessions.