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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden held a virtual meeting on Jan. 21 and agreed to underscore the Japan-U.S. alliance and bolst

Voting gets under way in the Nago mayoral election in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa, with a candidate opposing the relocation of a U.S. military base to the citys coastal area pitted against an incumbent supported by Prime Minister Fumio Kishidas ruling party that is pushing for the transfer.

Voting got under way in the Nago mayoral election in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday, with a candidate opposing the relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area pitted against an incumbent supported by Prime Minister Fumio Kishid...

The result will come as a relief to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is pushing for the relocation of the Futenma U.S. military base to the city's Henoko coastal area.

NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--Incumbent Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi is certain to clinch a second term in a race centered on the pros and cons of a contentious U.S. military base project here.

NAHA (Kyodo) -- Incumbent Taketoyo Toguchi won a second term as Nago mayor in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday, in a relief for P

A 31-year-old police officer in Ginowan, Okinawa, has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman in her 30s, with whom he was in a relationship. According to police, Shogo Sunagawa, a sergeant in the community affairs division, beat the woman’s face and arms at ...

A 31-year-old police officer in Ginowan, Okinawa, has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman in her 30s, with whom he was in a relationship. According to police, Shogo Sunagawa, a sergeant in the community affairs division, beat the woman’s face and arms at ...

The two candidates in the Nago mayoral election are locked in a close race while voter opposition to a U.S. military base project in the city has declined, a survey showed.

NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--Official campaigning started Jan. 16 for the mayor race here, the first in a series of elections centered on a familiar topic: the relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture.