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Airfield repairs delayed as Okinawa protests Kadena parachute training
Pending repairs to the island airfield, the Air Force’s 18th Wing since December 2023 has made its training drops about once ...
French Navy frigate makes port call at US base in Okinawa
A French Navy frigate is making a port call at a US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The vessel is taking part in a trilateral exercise with Japan and the United States in the ...
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U.S. Marine in Okinawa not indicted for alleged sexual assault
A U.S. Marine was not indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman last year in Okinawa Prefecture, prosecutors said. The serviceman in his 30s, who is in U.S. custody, was referred to ...
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Chinese, Russian Surveillance Assets Linger off Japan
A Russian Navy surveillance ship made a nine-day cruise in the vicinity of Japan’s southwest islands approaching as close as ...
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U.S. Marines, Japanese Forces to Drill in Southwestern Japan in Iron Fist Exercise
The III Marine Expeditionary Force and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will drill in Okinawa and Kyush from Feb.19 – Mar.7 according to a JGSDF release on Friday. At the same time ...
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Japan detonates hundreds of unexploded ordnance from WWII
Japan detonated 461 WWII-era US-made shells Thursday off the coast of Japan's southeastern island of Okinawa, the Stars and Stripes US military newspaper reported. The shells saw active combat in WWII ...