A city in northern Okinawa has lodged a formal protest after a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter made a precautionary landing near ...

Coronavirus cases among U.S. military personnel on the Japanese island of Okinawa are causing friction with residents. This adds to historical grievances dating back to World War II and decades of ...

Denny Tamaki, born to a Japanese mother and an American US Marine father, said he wanted to see Tokyo and Washington spread the burden of hosting US troops more evenly across Japan. "I am not asking ...

NAHA, Okinawa — Japan’s defense minister, on his first visit to Okinawa in his new role, repeated a promise to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s ...

The US military is slowly scaling down its presence in Okinawa following decades of talks and delays colored by lingering ...

Japanese builder Shimizu plans to purchase American Engineering Corp., a U.S.-registered company in Okinawa prefecture with an extensive record of projects for American military facilities.

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low enough that you have to bend forward as you ...