National Jun 16, 2018
Over 600 Japanese troops, including the MSDF's version of the U.S. Marines, will join the RIMPAC naval exercises to coordinate a defense of Japan's Nansei islands.
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World Jun 11, 2018
Four U.S. soldiers wounded in deadly Somalia extremist attack treated, now in Kenya
Four U.S. service members who were wounded in an extremist attack in Somalia that killed one special operations soldier have been treated and discharged, the U.S. military said Saturday. A U.S. Africa Command statement said the four were in the care of the U.S. Embassy ...
National Jun 4, 2018
Two U.S. Ospreys make emergency landings on island in southwest Japan
Two U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft made emergency landings Monday afternoon at the airport on Amami-Oshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, local authorities said. The U.S. military said a warning light came on in one of the Ospreys, and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said he heard ...
National May 30, 2018
The first jets in an air wing of advanced U.S. stealth F-22 fighters that is temporarily being deployed to Japan arrived Wednesday at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, according to Japanese government sources. The four jets, which arrived at the base at around 3:10 ...
National May 23, 2018
U.S. veteran hopes guided tours will build ties between military and Japanese community
A former U.S. serviceman is offering recreational tours in the mountains and sea around a U.S. base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, with a goal of attracting military personnel there to learn about life outside the base and build ties with the local community. Earlier this year, ...
National / Politics May 21, 2018
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga hails return of Okinawa land plots from U.S. military
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga praised the return of land plots formerly used by the U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture. "This marks a big step toward the reduction of Okinawa's base-hosting burden," Suga said Sunday at a ceremony to celebrate the ownership transfers conducted at ...
National Apr 25, 2018
Demonstrators mark one year since U.S. Futenma relocation construction began in Okinawa
Around 600 protesters staged a rally at the relocation site for the contentious U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday, one year after construction work began there. The protesters staged a sit-in in front of a gate at the neighboring U.S. ...
National Apr 19, 2018
U.S. military helicopter makes emergency landing at Kumamoto Airport
A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing at Kumamoto Prefecture's main airport on Wednesday afternoon with no casualties or air traffic disruption reported, the Defense Ministry said. An oil cooling system apparently malfunctioned on the UH-1 multipurpose helicopter, forcing it to land to avoid ...
National Apr 11, 2018
U.S. military halts parachute training after Tokyo school mishap
Local authorities lodged a protest Wednesday with the central government and the U.S. military after a U.S. Air Force member's parachute fell onto the grounds of a school near Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo the day before. "It could have been a life-threatening incident" ...
National Apr 11, 2018
Naha District Court sentences U.S. Marine to four years for fatal drunken driving crash in Okinawa
The Naha District Court on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. Marine based in Okinawa to four years in prison for killing a 61-year-old man in a car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol last year. Prosecutors had sought six years for Nicholas James-Mclean, 22, ...
World Apr 5, 2018
F-16 goes down near Las Vegas in third U.S. warplane crash in two days
An American F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near Las Vegas, the third U.S. military aircraft crash in two days. "An Air Force F-16 assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, crashed at approximately 10:30 a.m. during routine training on the Nevada Test and Training ...
World / Politics Apr 2, 2018
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham saysSyria troop exit would revive Islamic State
A senior Republican senator on Sunday warned U.S. President Donald Trump against pulling U.S. troops from Syria, saying it would lead to a resurgence of Islamic State and increased Iranian sway over the Syrian government in Damascus. "It'd be the single worst decision the president ...