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Japanese officials say an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers.

The U.S. military community in western Tokyo gathered at Yokota Air Base for the annual Celebrate America festival to ring in ...

The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa on Monday commemorated the 80th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War ...

The United States has hundreds of military bases around the world, and that didn't happen all at once. ... As of 2025, the U.S. operates 23 major military bases in Japan, ...

Thousands protest the U.S. military on Japanese island of Okinawa 01:20. Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan, are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said Thursday, the latest in a string ...

U.S. service members stationed in Japan have been banned from late-night off-base bars and public drinking in the wake of several sexual assault allegations this year. (Getty Images) The head of ...

Fleets of new and updated fighter jets will be placed at U.S. military bases in Japan, a notable defense development and financial investment in the Pacific as tensions continue to rise with China.

Close to 18,000 Americans call Japan’s Kadena Air Base, which is known as the hub of air power in the Pacific, their home. Military members as well as their pets are sure to feel welcome here ...

A court in Japan has sentenced a 22-year-old US marine to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in Okinawa in ...