More than 800 evacuated from city on Okinawa for WWII bomb removal

Marines took their first steps toward using drones in combat and relief missions as they practiced maneuvering the unmanned aircraft through obstacles at Camp Schwab in northern Okinawa on Wednesday.

Marine to make sleep-disorder insanity defense at sexual assault trial on Okinawa

The Marine Corps has left a gap “unfilled” in the Indo-Pacific by moving an expeditionary unit from Okinawa to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, the service’s top leader told lawmakers.

Marine probe blames ‘ignorance’ for Okinawa helicopter bag drop incident

Russian vessels make ‘rare’ passage near Japan’s southwestern islands www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

U.S. service members who live off-base on Okinawa will soon receive $400 to $500 more per month from the U.S. government to pay their rent, according to the commander of the Air Force’s 18th Wing.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa — Rainy season failed to dampen the spirits of thousands of Japanese and Americans who turned up for the annual Flight Line Fair at this air base over the weekend.

China scaled back airspace challenges and drone flights in fiscal 2025, Japan says

Two squadrons of F-22 Raptors recently arrived at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for rotational duty with the 18th Wing, while a permanent fleet of replacement F-15EX Eagle IIs remains delayed.

The Defense Department high school at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, is warning parents about a viral social media game in which seniors target each other with water guns.

Japan military exercise focuses for first time on islands close to Taiwan

TRAVEL | Feel the earth’s heartbeat at Sakurajima, one of Japan’s many active volcanoes

Chinese research vessel spotted near Japan for third time in a month

Marine corporal dies in motorcycle crash just outside Okinawa base gate

Lt. Gen. Roger Turner was nominated by President Donald Trump to command Marine Corps Forces Pacific and Fleet Marine Force Pacific, both based at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii, the Pentagon announced.

Chinese warships sail through Japanese waters as regional tensions grow www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

Okinawa surveys find elevated PFAS levels downstream from 2 Marine bases

Chinese aircraft carrier makes first Taiwan Strait passage since December

Marine Corps on track to return parts of housing area to Okinawa by year’s end

Air Force bars Okinawa newspaper from base briefing amid Iran headline dispute

Marines won’t meet with Okinawa officials over unplanned landing near sports field

Orientation for US military personnel on Okinawa may change after local feedback

Okinawa town finds elevated PFAS levels near Marine base in annual water survey

Japan to deploy missile launchers to remote island administered by Tokyo

Air Force base on Okinawa contains diesel fuel spill that ‘affected’ stormwater system

Japanese town near air base to compensate residents for noise from F-35B stealth jets

US sailor gets suspended sentence in Japan for attempting to import psychedelic drug

Sending a Marine expeditionary unit from Okinawa to stand by in the Middle East leaves a gap in U.S. power in the Indo-Pacific while increasing the defense burden on its Asian allies, according to analysts.

Chinese vessels chase Japanese fishing boat into disputed waters, Japan says

School trip to ‘learn about peace’ turns tragic as boats capsize near Okinawa base

Marine will not appeal attempted sexual assault conviction to Japan’s Supreme Court

Japan’s missile move reflects deeper US-allied defense strategy, analysts say

Okinawa youth baseball team evacuates their field as Marine helicopter lands nearby

8 rescued after boat capsizes at Marine runway construction site on Okinawa

US, Japanese marines train to seize enemy-held town during Iron Fist exercise

Japanese appeals court upholds Marine’s conviction for attempted sexual assault

Stormy weather reshapes US-Japan island defense training in East China Sea

Precautionary landing keeps Air Force Osprey at Japanese civilian airport

Japan moves to bolster air defenses on island near Taiwan

US, Japanese troops begin island-defense drills to prevent ‘war before it happens’

Tokyo says Pentagon language on return of Marine base on Okinawa is nothing new

Police say man used fake US military ID to enter Navy base in Japan

Japan halts Osprey flights on Okinawa during exercise with Marine Corps

The Air Force has delayed delivery of the 18th Wing’s first F-15EX Eagle II fighters to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, according to the wing.

Okinawa city found trace PFAS levels in water from manhole near Marine Corps air station

US Army eradicates invasive ant species at port on Okinawa

Fishermen say Japan’s coast guard is warning them away from Senkaku Islands amid China row

A Navy Seabee unit with historic ties to Okinawa has returned to the island to support exercises and building projects across the Indo-Pacific region.

Chinese coast guard ships make second incursion near Senkaku Islands this year