North Korea Test-Launches 2 Ballistic Missiles, After End of New US-South Korea-Japan Drill North Korea test-fired two ballistic missile but one of them possibly flew abnormally, South Korea's military said, a day...
Japan Protests Sex Assault Cases Involving US Military on Okinawa and Their Delayed Disclosure Japan’s government protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American service...
Japan and Philippines Trying to Finish Defense Pact for Signing in Manila as Alarm Grows over China The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila says top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will...
Airman Accused of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Japanese Minor on Okinawa Senior Airman Brennon Washington was charged for the alleged crimes in March by Japanese authorities after allegedly taking...
Japan Has No Plans to Seek a Suspension of Osprey Flights Despite Restrictions in US Japan's defense chief said that Japanese and American V-22 Ospreys are being safely operated in his country, and that he has...
US Envoy Calls for Japan's Help to Quickly Replenish US Missile Inventory, Repair Warships Ambassador Rahm Emanuel spoke as Japan and the U.S. held their first talks to accelerate military industrial cooperation, two...
Forensic Teams Work to Identify Remains of American POWs Killed in Tokyo Firebombing During World War II The project has shed light on the long-ago deaths of service members killed in the U.S. push for a Japanese surrender during...
US Navy Flagship Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Its Japan Home Port After Nearly 9 Years The departure of USS Ronald Reagan — one of America’s largest warships and a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier —...
Japan Defense Chief Urges Higher Security After Drone Video of Warship Posted on China Social Media Japan’s defense chief has called for the bolstering of its anti-drone capability after drone footage posted on a Chinese...
USS George Washington Heads to Japan, Ending Troubled Shipyard Stay That Included String of Suicides The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is finally underway to its new homeport in Japan, following six arduous years in a...
'Codename Nemo': How a WWII Aircraft Carrier Became the First Ship to Capture an Enemy at Sea Since the War of 1812 By June 1944, Capt. Daniel Gallery and the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal were in the middle of their second hunter-killer...
Navajo Corporal Becomes First Marine Authorized to Wear Traditional Native Hair Cpl. Bradford Flores is honoring his culture by growing his hair out -- and the Marine Corps authorized it.
House Approves $2.5 Billion for Junior Enlisted Raises, Which May Be $800 Million Too Little The bill will almost certainly be overhauled before it becomes law since it includes a number of conservative policy riders...
Air Force Veteran Accused of Disclosing Classified Data on Aircraft, Weapons in Latest Military Leak Case The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida announced that retired Lt. Col. Paul J. Freeman has been...
A Star-Studded 'Audio Movie' Brings the World War II Story of the Merchant Ship MV San Demetrio Alive In the earliest days of World War II, Merchant Mariners crossing the Atlantic Ocean bound for England were easy prey for the...