The U.S. military took a significant step forward by removing toxic firefighting foam from all its bases in Japan, which will protect service members and local communities while safeguarding water ...

Recently, the military has built new bases and expanded Africa-focused operations in Sicily. During the Cold War, U.S. forces occupied hundreds of bases in Japan and the Pacific to surround China ...

In the 23 years since the end of World War II, the Japanese have created an economic miracle out of the war time ruins. To some degree at least, this progress was made possible by the American ...

Japan is set to shell out billions of yen more annually to host U.S. military bases, agreeing to the United States' request to do so, according to a government source. The Japanese and U.S ...

On-site investigations by Japanese officials into a massive leak of potentially toxic material from a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture highlighted many problems concerning environmental ...

The burden of hosting U.S. military bases continues to be a serious issue for Okinawa, even half a century after its return to Japan. Author Jon Mitchell discusses the environmental contamination ...

[Reuters] Public sentiment toward U.S. military bases on the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa appears to be changing, amid growing tensions with China and the shock of Russia's 2022 invasion ...