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Construction of a runway designated the future home of Marine Corps air operations on Okinawa is only 14% complete and will take until 2032, at least, to complete, the Japanese defense minister said recently.

Turmeric, or “ukon” in Japanese, is a kind of ginge known as a spice for Indian curry. In Japan, it is recognized as a food that can help avoid hangover.

A Japanese court on Thursday struck down a pair of legal challenges brought by Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki to stop the construction of a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab.

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man for throwing sulfuric acid at a 22-year-old man at Shirokane-Takanawa subway station in Tokyo in 2021. Prosecutors had sought a six-year prison term. The court handed down its verdict against Hirotaka Hanamori, a universi...

NAHA--Throngs of protesters took to the streets here on Feb. 26 to decry missile deployments and other plans to increase the presence of the Self-Defense Forces in Japan’s southwestern region.

Japanese first responders joined their Marine Corps counterparts to practice how they’d respond if a U.S. military helicopter crashed in the local community.

Commentary The U.S. Marines, particularly its presence on Okinawa, has often seemed the bellwether of the Japan-U.S. defense ...

Completed in 2019 in Ginowan, Japan. Images by Toshihisa Ishii. Single-storey-like architecture on a slope. The site locates on top of a hill in the Northern part of Okinawa. Although it used to have a...

Completed in 2019 in Ginowan, Japan. Images by Toshihisa Ishii. Single-storey-like architecture on a slope. The site locates on top of a hill in the Northern part of Okinawa. Although it used to have a...