The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to relocate about 9,000 Marines from Okinawa to other locations in the Pacific.

The redeployment of U.S. forces to Guam and other locations has already been met with sharp criticism from Marine Corps officials, notably Commandant General Eric Smith.

The commandant of the Marine Corps expressed concern Wednesday ... clashing with international security aims. Okinawa was under post-World War II occupation until 1972, but still bears the lion's ...

Currently, there are 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa. The island location ... of the U.S. military is one of the legacies of World War II, where the island was the site of a bloody ...

A construction vessel spilled oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa over the weekend.

A historic Marine infantry battalion, whose regimental colors were burned prior to their capture during World War II and was then ... team will eventually move to Okinawa, Japan.

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop ...