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 ...

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

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 ...

During the Bilateral Aircraft Mishap Functional Training Exercise, U.S. Navy sailors and Japanese emergency responders ...

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.

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.

Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) --A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S. service members in Okinawa in 2024. Okinawa Prefecture ...

The Naha District Public Prosecutor's Office decided Thursday not to indict a U.S. Marine who had been investigated for alleged sexual assault in Okinawa Prefecture, citing insufficient evidence.

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 ...

Police in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday sent papers on a U.S. Marine in his 30s to public prosecutors for alleged nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury. Police notified the ...