YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Japanese police are investigating a bomb threat against this key U.S. military hub in western Tokyo ...

Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism, but younger generations also worry about ...

The American base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines. But an agreement to move 9,000 in total is colliding with the ...

GINOWAN CITY, Okinawa — Teachers from a Defense ... Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications ...

Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which were ...

The invasion of Japan loomed. The Japanese military ... bombardment of more than 100,000 shells, the American military began landing on Okinawa at 8:30 am. It was the beginning of a merciless ...

This is the first time the Marines cut their head count on Okinawa as part of a deal between Washington and Tokyo to shrink ...

They show this by going through the city streets in mass festivities. This is one of the best events in the Naha I’ve attended while living in Okinawa in the American military. Aside from the ...

In spring 2022, we learned that Okinawa ... American. I miss the grocery store jingles, the arcades, the sweet potato carts — and the general kindness and respect among individuals. Parenting in ...