We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but ...
Japan’s defense minister promised to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s ...
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi vowed Thursday to reduce the burden on Okinawa Prefecture of hosting U.S. military ...
NAHA—In his first meeting with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki reiterated long-standing ...
This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. Amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) left Okinawa, Japan, on Thursday, sailing toward U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, on ...
The incumbent mayor and two challengers filed their candidacies on Sunday for the Jan. 25 mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, which will focus on the planned relocation of a U.S. military ba ...
The air base, located in a densely populated area in Okinawa’s Ginowan, is to be moved to the Henoko coastal area in Nago.