The United States for the first time explained its refusal to let Okinawa authorities investigate cancer-causing compounds ...

USFJ denied access to Kadena Air Base, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and Marine Corps Camp Hansen to collect water and ...

Two US marines in Japan's Okinawa are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said Thursday, the latest incident to ...

Four Japanese soldiers sustained non-life-threatening injuries following an explosion at a storage facility for unexploded wartime ordnance on a US military base in Okinawa, local authorities ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Nine Marines may face charges under the military justice system after encountering a joint patrol in Okinawa city, the latest sign that the military is cracking down on off-duty ...

PFAS have been found in nearby rivers and other sites, raising concerns about potential effects on drinking water.

The Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement does not allow U.S. military police to detain civilians outside U.S. bases.

NAHA, Japan — Residents of Japan’s Okinawa island chain were on Sunday electing a governor, a vote which could hamper efforts to relocate a major US military base as the two countries try to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government protested ...

A long-running plan to change the location of a U.S. military base in Okinawa has finally received approval from the governor of the Japanese state. The struggle over the base has been going on for ...

Marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa toward the end of World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru vowed to ease the burden of U.S. military bases on the island, which hosts ...