The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture have begun moving to Guam under an agreement Tokyo originally reached 18 years ago with Washington. The first batch of about 100 ...

A US serviceman was sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping and raping an underage girl last year, an official from Naha District Court on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa told CNN.

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — The 18th Wing is prepared to use its incoming fleet of multirole fighters to counter China as it continues to “essentially bully the neighbors,” Brig. Gen.

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 ...

U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Camp Blaz, Guam, shown here in 2023, 12 years after Japan and the U.S. agreed on their realignment to reduce U.S. troop presence on Okinawa.

A US army base worker has been jailed for life for rape and murder in Okinawa, in a case that sparked anti-US protests in Japan. Kenneth Franklin Shinzato was found guilty of assaulting and ...

One photo shows local children breaking out in smiles as they receive Christmas gifts from a man dressed ... consumption and aimed at showcasing Okinawa’s development under U.S. military rule.

A fire has destroyed all the main structures of Shuri Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site on Japan's southern island of Okinawa. Firefighters battled the flames for more than 10 hours ...

A court in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa has sentenced a US Air Force member to five years in prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl last December. The Naha District Court handed ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...