Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 23:39
Efforts to relocate a US base on Japan`s Okinawa appeared to suffer a new setback on Sunday, 17 years after they began, with the reported electoral victory of an opponent of the project.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 12:23
The US army conducted field experiments of biological weapons, which could harm rice cropping, in the Japanese island of Okinawa in the early 1960s, a media report said today.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 08:05
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Friday praised a decision by Japanese officials to allow the relocation of a US air base in Okinawa, calling it a "milestone" for relations with Tokyo.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 13:05
Japan`s Okinawa on Friday approved the long-stalled relocation of a controversial US military base, the defence ministry said.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 10:38
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to win approval from Okinawa this week for the long-stalled relocation of a US military base after a meeting today with the island`s pugnacious governor.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 01:47
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to win approval from Okinawa this week for the long-stalled relocation of a US military base after a meeting on Wednesday with the island`s pugnacious governor.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 17:50
A human body decomposed "beyond recognition" has been found at a US military camp on the Japanese island of Okinawa, military and police officials said today.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 10:07
Japan has scrambled fighter jets for two days running in response to four Chinese military aircraft flying over international waters near the Okinawa island chain, according to reports today.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 13:50
The United States and Japan said today Tokyo would pay a third of the cost of Washington pulling thousands of Marines out of Japan as it reduces its heavy military presence on Okinawa.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 14:42
Japan`s prime minister on Tuesday called on the US military to suspend helicopter operations in the country`s southern Okinawa island chain after a fatal crash.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 14:01
The crashed fighter, along with other three F-15s, was on way to participate in training above Okinawa from the US Kadena airbase in the prefecture.
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