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'US MILITARY CRAZY, OUT OF CONTROL'
While just two days earlier, a UH-1 helicopter from the Futenma base had to make an emergency landing on a beach on Ikei Island... READ MORE›
RESCUING A HELICOPTER... WITH A BIGGER ONE
US Marines have rescued one of their helicopters after it made an emergency landing on a beach in Okinawa, Japan... READ MORE›
US HELICOPTER PART CRASHES ON JAPANESE SCHOOL IN OKINAWA
The southern island of Okinawa hosts the largest US military presence in Japan... READ MORE›
EX-MARINE GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR OKINAWA RAPE AND MURDER
Kenneth Franklin Shinzato admitted raping his victim, a 20-year-old Japanese woman, but denied that he intended to kill her... READ MORE›
US NAVY AIRCRAFT CRASHES OFF JAPANESE COAST CARRYING 11 CREW AND PASSENGERS
It crashed about 90 miles northwest of the Okinotorishima atoll and the navy said it would investigate the circumstances... READ MORE›
U.S. MILITARY BANS TROOPS IN JAPAN FROM DRINKING AFTER OKINAWA ACCIDENT
U.S. military bans troops in Japan from drinking alcohol after fatal Okinawa accident... READ MORE›
JAPAN CAN SHOOT N. KOREAN MISSILES 'OUT OF THE SKY' IF IT BUYS ENOUGH ARMS FROM US - TRUMP
Donald Trump has promised Tokyo will be able to shoot down North Korea's missiles out of the sky if it purchases enough arms from the US... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Okinawa
JAPAN COURT CLEARS WAY FOR US OKINAWA BASE RELOCATION
Court rules in the central government's favour that the Futenma airbase be moved to a sparse area in Okinawa's north... READ MORE›
FIERCE OPPONENT OF U.S. MILITARY BASES IN OKINAWA DETAINED FOR THREE MONTHS
Yamashiro was arrested on suspicion of cutting a wire fence around a Marine Corps helipad construction site in the forest near Takae in northern Okinawa... READ MORE›
AT OKINAWA PROTEST THOUSANDS CALL FOR REMOVAL OF US BASES
Mr. Onaga has been seeking to forge a broad political coalition to reduce the United States presence... READ MORE›
JAPAN PM TO BE FIRST FOREIGN LEADER TO MEET TRUMP
Japan's PM is set to become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last week... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS PROTEST AT US BASES ON OKINAWA AFTER JAPANESE WOMAN'S MURDER
Protest marks new low for US and Japanese relations over Okinawa with threats to have US air station moved to another part of the island... READ MORE›
ABE FACES GROWING WRATH OF OKINAWANS OVER US BASE
But as he begins to focus on the noneconomic pieces of his agenda, resistance is stirring not only in Okinawa but across Japan... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | JAPANESE PM'S POPULAR WIFE GETS SCHOOLED OVER SCANDAL
TOKYO -- Akie Abe has long been considered the Japanese prime minister's secret weapon... READ MORE›
U.S. NAVY BANS ALCOHOL IN JAPAN AFTER CRIME SPREE
Such high-profile crimes have strained U.S.-Japan relations and jeopardize plans to relocate a key U.S. airbase in Okinawa... READ MORE›
HUGE PROTEST ON OKINAWA OPPOSES U.S. MILITARY AFTER KILLING
Post to Facebook Huge protest on Okinawa opposes U.S. military after killing Tens of thousands protest against U.S. military bases on the Japanese island... READ MORE›
OKINAWA 'PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE' TO ADDRESS U.N. ABOUT PERCEIVED ABUSES
The government, Yamashiro said, wants to further militarize Okinawa and maintain it as a bulwark against foreign incursions -- particularly from China... READ MORE›
TYPHOON BEARS DOWN ON JAPAN, WILL HINDER VOTING IN NATIONAL ELECTION
Local authorities in Okinawa have decided to move the voting date to Saturday for some remote islands... READ MORE›
OKINAWAN ANTI-BASE ACTIVIST RELEASED AFTER FIVE MONTHS IN DETENTION
Yamashiro has been one of the most vocal opponents of U.S. military construction in Okinawa, leading protests against the building of new Marine Corps facilities... READ MORE›
JAPAN ITS OWN ENEMY IN IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY
Apart from rogue hackers, criminal organizations or even state-backed cyberwarfare units, Japan's businesses and government agencies are facing a unique cybersecurity foe themselves... READ MORE›
OKINAWA MURDER CASE HEIGHTENS OUTCRY OVER US MILITARYS PRESENCE
Half of the 50,000 American military personnel in Japan are stationed here, and United States facilities take up one-fifth of Okinawan land... READ MORE›
FORMER US MARINE IS ARRESTED IN OKINAWA KILLING
The most notorious episode, the rape of a 12-year-old schoolgirl by three American servicemen in 1995, set off mass protests against the United States military presence... READ MORE›
U.S. MARINE JET CRASHES OFF OKINAWA, PILOT EJECTS SAFELY
The U.S. military in Camp Butler in Okinawa said the cause of Thursday's crash is still under investigation... READ MORE›
'OKINAWANS HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE WE ARE DISPOSABLE FOR TOO LONG'
Protest voices 'Okinawans have been treated like we are disposable for too long'... READ MORE›
OKINAWA NEWSPAPERS FIRE BACK AFTER ANTI-MEDIA COMMENTS AT LDP EVENT
Kazuhiko Taketomi editor in chief of the Okinawa Times expressed strong indignation over Hyakuta's reported remarks... READ MORE›
SIMULTANEOUS ANTI-U.S. MILITARY BASE RALLIES HELD ACROSS JAPAN
President Barack Obama received the equivalent of a diplomatic tongue-lashing over Shimabukuro's death from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a visit to Japan last month... READ MORE›
TYPHOON PHANFONE: US SERVICEMAN KILLED IN JAPAN AND TWO MILLION ORDERED TO EVACUATE AS TYPHOON MAKES LAND
Bullet train service was suspended between Tokyo and Osaka because of the heavy rainfall, and more than 600 flights were canceled at Tokyo's Haneda Airport... READ MORE›
OKINAWA GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR U.N. TO COURT WORLD OPINION OVER BASE PLAN
Human Rights Council in a bid to make clear to the international community Okinawa's opposition to the building of a new U.S... READ MORE›
EX-US MARINE CHARGED WITH RAPE, MURDER OF OKINAWA WOMAN
The US military on Okinawa, meanwhile, imposed restrictions including a curfew and temporary curbs on alcohol consumption... READ MORE›
IN MIDST OF CURFEW AMERICAN SAILOR ARRESTED FOR DRUNKEN-DRIVING ON OKINAWA
In midst of curfew American sailor arrested for drunken-driving on Okinawa... READ MORE›
U.S DEFENSE SECRETARY APOLOGIZES AFTER AMERICAN CHARGED IN JAPANESE WOMAN'S DEATH
In the most infamous post-war case involving Americans on Okinawa, three American servicemen raped a 12-year-old girl in 1995... READ MORE›
OBAMA EXPRESSES REGRET OVER ALLEGED MURDER BY US BASE WORKER IN JAPAN
Obama said US would cooperate in investigation of airbase worker Kenneth Franklin Shizato, a case that could upset relocation of Okinawa military base... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA, U.S. TO START TALKS ON ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM
If the THAAD deployment proceeds, South Korea will provide the land for the system while the United States would fund its operation... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO HALT US OKINAWA BASE RELOCATION WORK BUT GOVERNMENT SAYS PLAN INTACT
Protesters have been asking for the U.S. Futenma airbase to be removed entirely from Okinawa, instead of being relocated within the island... READ MORE›
U.S. NAVY EASES DRINKING BAN IN JAPAN AFTER OKINAWA INCIDENTS
U.S. Naval Forces Japan said in a statement Friday that sailors are now allowed to drink on base as well as at their off-base houses... READ MORE›
OKINAWAN PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE FIGHT FOR CHANGE
Okinawan people should continue fight for change lawmaker... READ MORE›
OKINAWA UNVEILS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZING STUDENTS MOBILIZED DURING BRUTAL WORLD WAR II BATTLE FOR THE ISLAND
Okinawa Prefecture unveiled Tuesday a monument to students mobilized during the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest ground battles during World War II,... READ MORE›