Japan discussed collective self-defense with U.S. in 1955, records show
In 1955, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu told U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that Japan could send its Self-Defense Forces overseas to protect the U.S. territory of Guam, Japanese diplomatic records showed Wednesday. Such an SDF dispatch for the purpose of defense would be ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Guam hopes to attract more Japanese tourists after their numbers fell from top market
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 ...
Some see U.S. already on North Korea war footing, waiting for allies to get onboard
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Hyogo Prefectural Government said Wednesday it will hold an evacuation drill Sept. 17 in Nishinomiya to prepare for a possible ballistic missile attack. The drill, also involving the central government, will be held in response to North Korea's recent announcement of a plan to ...
Guam urges Japanese tourists to ignore North Korea missile threat
Guam's lieutenant governor on Wednesday urged Japanese people to visit the Pacific island despite North Korea's threat to fire missiles near the U.S. territory, saying Washington has prepared for any contingency. "All the defenses are already in place" such as the Aegis missile defense system, ...
Japan may be able to shoot down North Korean missiles but has no legal basis: experts
While some experts differ regarding the technical capability to shoot down a North Korean missile flying toward Guam, all agree the SDF is not legally allowed to do so.
