Okinawa insists on revisions of SOFA after rash of U.S. sex crimes

NAHA—The Okinawa prefectural assembly unanimously adopted a resolution and a statement of protest against the U.S. military ...

Saying goodbye to pacifism

A nation that once renounced war now stands at the edge of rewriting its identity. Japan, shaped by the ashes of World War II ...
The Pioneer on MSN

Japan: The rise of a new security state

India, April 27 -- Strategic anxieties over China's rise, North Korea's provocations, and shifting Indo-Pacific alliances are ...
The Tokyo Reporter

Henoko capsizing incident: Captain and crew did not call for help

A fatal boat capsizing in Okinawa Prefecture last month that claimed the lives of a 17-year-old student and a 71-year-old ...
Lake County Record-Bee

Meet the State Superintendent candidates: Al Muratsuchi, state Assembly member, college teacher

Al Muratsuchi has been an attorney, school board trustee, state Assembly member and a community college teacher, but now he ...
Stars and Stripes

Japan military exercise focuses for first time on islands close to Taiwan

The Japanese army’s highest operational command will focus on remote southwestern islands near Taiwan for the first time in ...

US, Japan reportedly set to launch co-op framework for dual-use defense tech; move signals another aggressive shift by Japan; serving US ends: Chinese expert

The Japanese and US governments are set to establish a public-private framework as early as this year to cooperate on the ...