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 ...

Tamaki plans to ask the Japanese and U.S. governments to downsize the U.S. military bases in the prefecture to reach the numerical goal. The governor's statement marks the first time that Okinawa ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...