The Marines plan more than 6,500 new positions across infantry, drones, robotics, air defense, AI and other specialties by ...

As you walk through Komaba’s quiet, tree-lined residential streets, it’s hard to imagine that this area in southwestern Tokyo ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Anti-base Okinawa gov. in tight ...

NAHA, Japan - Gov. Denny Tamaki, an opponent of the relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, is running ...

With one week to go before the Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the relationship between the central government ...

Did demons create the first atomic bombs? Every August, debate renews over both the wisdom and the morality of dropping the two American atomic bombs, 81 years ago, on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...

Rising prices and jobs eclipse the U.S. military presence as the top concern for voters heading into a closely contested ...

Hundreds of U.S. Marines landed on the remote island of Iwo Jima today to prepare for the 65th anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest ...

A majority of residents in Okinawa Prefecture are constantly opposed to the planned relocation of the U.S. Futenma base in ...

A few days ago, the Chinese government had the opportunity to reverse the current downturn in China-Japan relations, the ...

I have seen the places where the Battle of Okinawa took place—the caves, the memorials, and the landscapes marked by battle ...

The additional Marines will be spread across 64 initiatives, which include reinforcing the Pacific fleet and creating new infantry battalions.