Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to relocate about 9,000 Marines from Okinawa to other locations in the Pacific.

The U.S. 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed with an amphibious ready group in the Western Pacific Ocean.

The Okinawa prefectural government estimates it will take at least 17 years to complete the new facility. The Naha military port covers about 56 hectares at a site in Naha that is regarded as an ...

Japanese prosecutors on Okinawa will not pursue charges against a U.S. Marine accused of sexually assaulting and injuring a ...

Some 50,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Japan under a bilateral security pact, about half of them on Okinawa, whose strategic role is seen increasingly important for the Japan-U.S. military ...

The commandant of the Marine Corps expressed concern Wednesday over a U.S. agreement with the Japanese government that requires the service to move thousands of its troops off of Okinawa.

Last month, the United States Marine Corps began the "partial transfer" of personnel from Okinawa to Guam. The move came 12 years after Washington and Tokyo agreed to "reduce the heavy burden of ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) --A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S. service members in Okinawa in 2024. Okinawa Prefecture ...

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

After comprehensive consideration, the prosecutor's office determined that it is difficult to build a case against the marine ...