The future of a massive land reclamation project in Okinawa Prefecture for a new U.S. military base looks increasingly murky as construction work entered its third year on Dec. 14. The project ...
The U.S. military's commander in Japan has finally tightened the rules around drinking for all troops stationed in the country months after several high-profile cases of sexual assault and rape on ...
The site of one of the Second World War’s most horrific battles, Okinawa was occupied for decades by the American military, which loaded the territory with military bases. Today a fifth of ...
Okinawa accounts for just 0.6 per cent of Japan’s land mass but hosts about 70 per cent of all US military bases and facilities in the country. A litany of base-related woes has long grieved ...
In one sense, the almost 80-year-old Chance Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft has come home. The warbird, which served from the end of World War II through the Korean War, along with a host of other ...
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki smiles during ... forces to pull back on the "extensive overconcentration" of U.S. military bases on the island. “I believe that easing tensions and building ...