On Aug. 15, the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese surrender, there was a symposium in Tokyo about changing the Constitution. One of the panelists, documentarian Tatsuya Mori, pointed out that earlier that day Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had given remarks at an annual memorial ...
The United States has rejected shouldering payments of damages ordered in final Japanese court rulings over noise pollution from U.S. warplanes using bases in the country, Japanese government sources told Jiji Press on Thursday. Article 18 of the bilateral status of forces agreement stipulates that ...
Aiming to deter crime, Japan and the United States will sign an agreement next week narrowing the scope of legal immunity granted to U.S. military base workers, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday. The pact will supplement the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), under ...
The Japan Coast Guard is expected to face difficulties investigating Tuesday's crash of an MV-22 Osprey of the U.S. Marine Corps, due to the bilateral status of forces agreement, which limits Japan's criminal jurisdiction in cases involving the U.S. military. The tilt-rotor transport aircraft carrying ...
An Australian woman who was raped in 2002 tells an audience Japanese authorities are a century behind their U.S. and European counterparts in terms of their response to rape victims.
The two sides agree to narrow the scope of base workers provided limited legal immunity under the status of forces agreement.
Japan should renegotiate the Status of Forces Agreement it has with the U.S. so it can have greater jurisdiction over crimes committed by Americans with U.S. military ties.
The Japanese and U.S. governments limit the extent to which U.S. military workers are protected under the Status of Forces Agreement in Japan.
Tuesday's announcement by Tokyo and Washington that an agreement has been reached that more narrowly defines those classified as civilians employed by the U.S. military in Japan was greeted with caution by top Okinawan officials, who are taking a wait-and-see attitude. But the new definitions ...
The Japanese and U.S. governments have agreed to narrow the extent to which American citizens can be granted preferential treatment under the bilateral pact that governs jurisdiction over U.S. military personnel and base workers, according to a draft agreement obtained Monday. The move comes amid ...
Justice has been a long time coming for Masanori Yamazaki, whose common-law wife was murdered by a drunk U.S. sailor in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, 10 years ago, in an unprovoked assault. Yamazaki, 68, is refusing a U.S. government offer to settle over the death of ...
A pact governing the legal status and conduct of U.S. military and nonmilitary personnel in Japan is back under the spotlight following last month's arrest of an American civilian base worker in Okinawa Prefecture suspected of raping and killing a local Japanese woman. Fueled by ...
