Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...

A construction vessel spilled oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa over the weekend.

Gen. Eric Smith said the planned transfer of Okinawa-based Marines to Guam in the coming years will distance the force from a ...

A U.S. Marine was not indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman last year in Okinawa Prefecture, prosecutors said. The serviceman in his 30s, who is in U.S. custody, was referred to ...

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost island and is home ... which prompted a protest by about 2,000 at the Marine Corps base in central Okinawa. The protesters wanted U.S. military bases removed ...

Chinese state media tends to highlight crimes committed by US military personnel stationed in the region, and emphasize that ...

As the initial stages of the U.S. Marine Corps relocation from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam take place, Gen. Eric Smith, ...

The opposition camp, including the LDP, Komeito and Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation ... the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture to the Henoko ...

Okinawa Prefecture said Friday that Japan's Supreme Court has not accepted its appeal claiming the state's overturning of its ...

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

(Mainichi/Nozomu Takeuchi) NAHA (Kyodo) -- A U.S. Marine was ... Anti-base sentiment runs deep in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan, due to aircraft noise ...