National Sep 29, 2019
Diverting cash to Trump's border wall may disrupt plans to move U.S. Marines from Japan to Guam
About 7 percent of the funds for the $3.6 billion wall are being diverted from eight projects in the U.S. territory.
National Sep 25, 2019
A same-sex couple from Japan is planning their wedding in Guam, the first U.S. territory to recognize same-sex marriage, officials have said. Tsuyoshi Kumagai and Robert Francis Yocum have been in a relationship for 20 years and plan to have their wedding Wednesday, Pacific Daily ...
National Aug 30, 2019
U.S. Marines to go ahead with transfer to Guam in 2024, Okinawa Gov. Tamaki says
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said Friday that U.S. forces have told him the transfer of some of its marines from his prefecture to the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam can begin from around 2024. The governor, who is visiting the territory, received a briefing on ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Aug 1, 2019
Nonnative Guam residents can vote on status with U.S., court rules
Nonnative residents of Guam should have a say about the territory's future relationship with the United States, a U.S. appeals court ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2017 ruling that said it's unconstitutional to limit an advisory vote to those who ...
National May 14, 2019
Okinawa-based U.S. Marines may start moving to Guam in October 2024
The current plan will relocate approximately 5,000 Marines, of whom about 1,700 will be permanently based on Guam and the remainder rotated every half year.
World Oct 25, 2018
Typhoon Yutu leaves Northern Marianas without power or water
Rescue teams and heavy equipment were mobilized across the Northern Mariana Islands on Thursday after a typhoon hit U.S. Western Pacific territories overnight, causing blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure. With sustained winds of over 270 kph (168 mph), Typhoon Yutu pulled down trees, telegraph ...
Asia Pacific Aug 17, 2018
Pentagon report says forces likely training for strikes against U.S., allies
China's military has expanded overwater bomber operations farther from the country's shores, likely training for strikes against the United States and its allies, including Japan, the U.S. Defense Department said Thursday. In an annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving China, the ...
National Apr 4, 2018
Guam hopes to attract more Japanese tourists after their numbers fell from top market
by Ronron Calunsod
Guam is stepping up its effort to attract more Japanese tourists after they fell from the top spot of visitors who vacation on the Pacific island. According to the Guam Visitors Bureau, arrivals from Japan fell 16.8 percent in 2017 to 620,547, giving way to ...
National / Politics | ANALYSIS Jan 18, 2018
Some see U.S. already on North Korea war footing, waiting for allies to get onboard
by Jesse Johnson
Is a war pitting the U.S. and its allies against nuclear-armed North Korea on the horizon? While most analysts, regional security experts and government officials say the odds of conflict erupting on the Korean Peninsula remain low, observers say there has in recent months been ...
National Jan 3, 2018
Fewer Japanese tourists visit Guam amid North Korea missile scare
The island had been a popular tourist destination for Japanese nationals who accounted for roughly half the total number of visitors to Guam in 2016.
Asia Pacific / Politics Nov 4, 2017
Taiwan's president visits U.S. territory of Guam despite Chinese ire
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrived on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam on Friday on her way back from visiting diplomatic allies in the Pacific — a trip that caused strong objections from China. Beijing had urged the United States not to allow Tsai to ...
Asia Pacific Oct 27, 2017
U.S. Navy rescues Hawaii women and dogs adrift aboard sloop in Pacific since May
Two women and their dogs have been rescued after being lost at sea for months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. The U.S. Navy rescued the women on Wednesday after a Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted them about 900 miles southeast of Japan, well ...