Japan’s defense minister promised to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi vowed Thursday to reduce the burden on Okinawa Prefecture of hosting U.S. military ...

About two-thirds of an $8.9 billion budget has been spent on a facility to accommodate U.S. Marines relocating from bases on ...

The air base, located in a densely populated area in Okinawa’s Ginowan, is to be moved to the Henoko coastal area in Nago.

Outside of the mainland, the US military has fighter jets permanently deployed in Japan, South Korea, and Hawaii, although ...

Denny Tamaki, born to a Japanese mother and an American US Marine father, said he wanted to see Tokyo and Washington spread the burden of hosting US troops more evenly across Japan. "I am not asking ...

NAHA, Japan — Residents of Japan’s Okinawa island chain were on Sunday electing a governor, a vote which could hamper efforts to relocate a major US military base as the two countries try to ...

A long-running plan to change the location of a U.S. military base in Okinawa has finally received approval from the governor of the Japanese state. The struggle over the base has been going on for ...