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A U.S. Marine in a Japanese court Tuesday denied sexually assaulting a Japanese woman on a Marine Corps base but admitted injuring another woman during the March incident. Read more at: www.stripes.com/branches/mar... Source - Stars and Stripes

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Only a dozen or so U.S. service members in civilian attire were spotted among the teeming revelers still celebrating Halloween on the streets of Naha’s nightlife district early Saturday.

The Air Force on Monday identified Staff Sgt. Gregory Peterson as the airman who died last week from injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision two weeks earlier on Okinawa.

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American troops join locals for Okinawa’s centuries-old tug-of-war festival

PACIFIC TRAVEL | Experience a lesser-known side of the Okinawa region on Ishigaki Island, the largest island in Japan's Ryukyu chain that stretches south almost to Taiwan. The white sand beaches and emerald green waters put the tropical scenery on another level. (from @keishirkoja.bsky.social)

The Okinawa Military Housing Office has delayed repair work on spalled concrete at housing towers on this Marine Corps base after discovering asbestos in some balconies, according to the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base.

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Before her death at the hands of her husband last year, Jessica “Jesse” Arguinzoni Olsen was an avid learner and a beloved substitute teacher at a naval base in Japan, her sister said.

U.S. military police arrested four U.S. service members during the patrol “for violations of the U.S. Forces Japan Liberty Order,” USFJ spokesman Col. John Severns said by email Wednesday.

U.S. military police detained at least five service members during their most recent joint patrol of a nightlife hotspot on Okinawa, part of a crackdown on off-duty misconduct that began in April.

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American and Japanese middle-schoolers overcame language barriers at this key air base over the weekend as they brainstormed ideas to bring their communities together.

Brent Cook, the Kubasaki High School JROTC instructor recently named 2026 Teacher of the Year for all Defense Department schools, has always been inspired by his students, going back to his Marine Corps career.

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After recent scares, residents from the Okinawa town of Chatan joined a tsunami evacuation drill at Kadena Air Base over the weekend "to ensure our communities have safe and expedient measures to get to higher ground." (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)

Workers find smoking grenade from World War II at Okinawa construction site

Marines showcase new missile systems near Taiwan during island-defense drills

Chinese warships, aircraft sail near Okinawa amid major US-Japan military drills

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The U.S. Army on Monday unveiled its Typhon mid-range missile system, meant to counter seaborne threats, for the first time on Japanese soil. (from @janiquarob.bsky.social)

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A U.S. Navy officer faces 23 years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to killing his wife last year in a Japanese hotel, according to a Navy spokesman.

A squadron of Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets began arriving at an air station southeast of Hiroshima this week to replace the service’s first squadron of F-35B Lightning II fighters deployed to Japan.

Japanese appellate court upholds airman’s 5-year sentence for sexually assaulting a minor

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The Defense Department could be required to study ways to prevent criminal conduct by U.S. troops stationed on Okinawa under a draft defense policy bill advanced by the House Armed Services Committee.

Marines on Okinawa began training in July with the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, in preparation for the system’s future deployment to the island, according to the service.

A Chinese man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly walking onto a U.S. Air Force base on Okinawa, local police said.