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

A new report from a U.S. foreign policy think tank is urging Washington to renegotiate a decades-old agreement with Japan to reduce the Marine Corps presence on Okinawa, arguing that the deal should be reversed to strengthen deterrence against China.

Brig. Gen. Ryan Hoyle took over the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade from Brig. Gen. Robert Brodie during a Friday ceremony at Camp Courtney. Hoyle also became deputy commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force.

US airman refuses to pay restitution after Okinawa sexual assault conviction

Parachute jumps over American base draw fresh protests from Okinawa leaders

Japan’s Supreme Court dismisses convicted US airman’s final appeal in sexual assault case

South Korean airlifter makes emergency landing in Japan following engine issue

Foaming manhole near Marine air station on Okinawa sparks PFAS probe

Japan tracked four Chinese warships transiting a strategic waterway near Okinawa this week following recent U.S.-Philippine military drills near a contested atoll in the South China Sea that drew complaints from Beijing. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social & @hanakusumoto.bsky.social)

Japanese court awards $16.3 million over aircraft noise from Air Force base on Okinawa

Expanded Iron Fist puts US, Japanese troops at more island training sites

Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Forces Japan, both headquartered at Camp Courtney on Okinawa, according to a Defense Department announcement.

Powerful wind generated by helicopter blades forced a teacher’s umbrella open and knocked her off balance, leading to a fatal fall last year at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, according to an Air Force accident investigation. www.stripes.com/branches/air...

Marine training kicks in at an Okinawa ramen shop, saving a choking man’s life

South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatic team to refuel in Japan for first time

Japan coast guard plucks stranded US service members from cliff off Okinawa

Japan’s defense minister pledges to reduce US military footprint on first visit to Okinawa

An American soldier died three weeks after he was critically injured last month in a single-vehicle vehicle crash on Okinawa, according to the U.S. Army.

China coast guard’s ‘increasingly severe’ presence near Japanese islands breaks another record

Marine hospitalized with head injury after scooter crash on Okinawa

Economic, defense concerns behind military buildup on Japan’s remote islands, experts say

US military police may be back on Okinawa beat in time for New Year’s

Japanese driving instructor bruised in collision with Marine Corps tactical vehicle

USFJ denies Okinawa prefecture base access for ‘forever chemicals’ tests

American-made bomb from WWII uncovered near runway on small Okinawa island www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

Marine Corps reopens Ie Shima airfield after repairs, ending temporary Kadena drops

The Marine Corps certified Okinawa’s first 12 attack drone operators during a two-week competition this month, creating the means to make precision strikes while keeping Marines out of harm’s way.

U.S. Forces Japan has acknowledged that military police on patrol on an Okinawa street made a “mistake” when they aggressively detained a U.S. civilian last month in an incident captured on video that went viral.

The Marine Corps is integrating new weapons and refining its island defense strategy alongside Japan to counter any military crisis in the Indo-Pacific region, the Marines’ top general on Okinawa said Tuesday.

Okinawa prosecutors drop case against US sailor accused of touching teen girl www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

More than 100 American and Japanese athletes sprinted, dribbled and raced for medals under clear skies Saturday at the 21st Kadena Special Olympics, the event’s largest turnout since its post-pandemic return two years ago.

Army identifies motorcyclist killed in Okinawa crash as Patriot launcher operator www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

Poop is super cute at the Unko Museum on Okinawa www.stripes.com/living/pacif...

Okinawa officials urge caution as arrest video spurs review of military street patrols www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

Seabed reclamation set to restart at Marines’ new Okinawa airfield after seasonal delay

US military pauses solo patrols on Okinawa after viral video of civilian’s arrest www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

The Marine Corps on Wednesday relieved the commander of the logistics unit responsible for supplying aviation units on Okinawa, less than a month after firing the command team of an MV-22B Osprey unit in Hawaii.