A wide gap exists between Okinawa Prefecture and the rest of Japan on whether the southern island prefecture should continue to host the bulk of U.S. military bases in Japan, surveys showed. Sixty ...

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Ryukyus and its affiliated hospital have moved to the new medical center.

The burden of hosting U.S. military bases continues to be a serious issue for Okinawa, even half a century after its return to Japan. Denny Tamaki met with Prime Minister Abe and the U.S. embassy ...

The updated timeline of the deployment comes after President Donald Trump questioned Washington's security commitment to ...

Japan appears to be an exceptional case ... for help in analyzing blood tests from residents near U.S. military bases. An Okinawa civic group in 2022 released test results of samples collected ...

Unless corrective measures are made, and quickly, the anti-U.S. military base sentiment and movement in Okinawa will grow, damaging Japan-U.S. cooperation at a crucial time. The Ministry of ...

Thai naval cadets are training with U.S. sailors and the United Nations Command-Rear this week during the Thai navy’s first ...

It has been edited for length and clarity. I got an initial offer for a teaching job on a military base in Okinawa, Japan, in July 2022 — and I returned home to Arizona almost exactly one year ...

Tens of thousands of visitors toured the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet and other U.S. military installations in Japan.

The United States has increased its surveillance activities in the Western Pacific, deploying more spy planes to keep an eye on China, North Korea, and Russia. These three countries have been growing ...