Japan's Leader Says He's Preparing for Tough Negotiations with Trump on Maintaining US Presence Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, said he will seek to maintain...
'Going the Wrong Way:' Booting Marines from Okinawa Could Embolden China, Commandant Says Gen. Eric Smith said the planned transfer of Okinawa-based Marines to Guam in the coming years will distance the force from a...
Japan and Philippines Plan to Convey to Trump the Need for US Engagement in Asia Japan and the Philippines will convey to President-elect Donald Trump the urgent need for the U.S. to remain committed to...
How a New Navy Spouse Found 'Community Beyond Base' to Transform Her Life in Japan Japan is the perfect place to be thrown into the deep end when you are brand-new to being a military spouse.
Japan Cabinet OKs Record Defense Budget as It Pushes Strike-Back Capability to Deter Regional Threat The Japanese Cabinet approved a record 8.7 trillion yen ($55 billion) defense budget for 2025.
Japanese Space Startup Aborts 2nd Satellite Launch Attempt Minutes After Liftoff Space One said it aborted the flight of its Kairos No. 2 rocket after concluding that it was unlikely to complete its mission...
US Marines Start Partial Transfer from Okinawa in Japan to Guam Under Plan Agreed 12 Years Ago Under the plan agreed between Tokyo and Washington in April 2012, about 9,000 of the 19,000 Marines currently stationed on...
A Chinese Filmmaker Remembers Victims of a WWII Tragedy in 'The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru' The sinking of the Lisbon Maru was a tragedy that got lost in the seemingly endless loss of life that was the Pacific Theater...
Descendant of Last Native Leader of Alaska Island Demands Japanese Reparations for 1942 Invasion The great-granddaughter of the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea believes Japan should pay more...
US Defense Secretary in Japan to Support Alliance as Osprey Aircraft Safety Causes Concern U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with officials in Japan to reaffirm the importance of their alliance and Washington's...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...