The song made Uezu want to see Okinawa again. Tears welled up in his ... Given its historical ties, it is part of Japan. But why must it bear too heavy of a burden in terms of U.S. military ...

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(Mainichi/Hiroshi Higa) The Japanese and U.S. governments must accelerate efforts to ensure that the burden on Okinawa Prefecture, where many U.S. military bases are concentrated, is reduced.

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — The 18th Wing is prepared to use its incoming fleet of multirole fighters to counter China as it ...

(Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Inc. has bought a Ritz-Carlton resort in Okinawa and is purchasing another hotel on the Japanese island in a deal worth about ¥20 billion ($130 million), according to ...

NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court sentenced a U.S. airman to five years in prison with hard labor Friday, immediately after convicting him of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl one year ago ...

This photo taken on Dec. 13, 2024, shows the Naha District Court in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A U.S. Air Force member stationed in Okinawa Prefecture was sentenced to five ...

TOKYO — The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began on Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American ...

MORIOKA--Takuya Tasso is an outlier among prefectural governors in advocating a renegotiation of the controversial project to relocate a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, as the land ...