Pending repairs to the island airfield, the Air Force’s 18th Wing since December 2023 has made its training drops about once ...

A French Navy frigate is making a port call at a US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The vessel is taking part in a trilateral exercise with Japan and the United States in the ...

The commandant of the Marine Corps expressed concern Wednesday over a U.S. agreement with the Japanese government that requires the service to move thousands of its troops off of Okinawa.

The Okinawa prefectural government estimates it will take at least 17 years to complete the new facility. The Naha military port covers about 56 hectares at a site in Naha that is regarded as an ...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith cautioned on Wednesday that ongoing efforts to relocate Marines from Okinawa to Guam will move those forces away from where they are most needed.

The U.S. Marines said water contaminated with perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) was released into the sewage system from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan. According to Okinawa ...

While Okinawa makes up 0.6% of Japan’s total landmass, it hosts 70.3% of Japan’s U.S. military facilities. “We are reaching a major milestone, and this is a very important project” said ...

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

In 2012, the U.S. announced a plan to relocate 9,000 Marines from Okinawa, where military bases are seen as a burden. Residents have complained about pollution, noise, and helicopter-related ...

The invasion of Japan loomed. The Japanese military stationed about 100,000 troops on Okinawa, with the aim of preventing the invasion of the mainland. Narration Imperial Headquarters of the ...