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Japan and the United States last week started working-level talks on Tokyo's host nation support for U.S. forces in Japan, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/05/japan/politics/us-japan-host-nation-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #us #defense #defenseministry #foreignministry

A private high school in Kyoto has been searched on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death following a fatal boat accident in March during a field trip in Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/28/japan/japan-coast-guard-okinawa-accident-school-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japancoastguard #okinawa #marineaccidents #students #doshisha #usbases #futenma #henoko

Yoko Iha, a former sixth grader who survived a U.S. military jet crashing into her classroom in Okinawa, has shared her experience for the first time, 67 years on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/13/japan/okinawa-us-military-jet-crash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #schools #children #usbases #usmilitary #kadenaairbase #fighterjets

Police in Okinawa Prefecture have sent papers to prosecutors on a U.S. Army soldier in his 20s for allegedly sexually assaulting an adult female acquaintance and causing injury. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/23/japan/crime-legal/us-soldier-japan-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #usjapanrelations #usmilitary #usbases #sexcrimes #okinawa

It was the first time since the current basic education law was enacted that the education ministry has found a case in violation of the law on the grounds of political neutrality. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/23/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-school-program-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mext #okinawa #maritimeaccidents #usmilitary #usbases

An Osprey transport aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force is expected to use a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in an upcoming exercise with the U.S. side. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/sdf-osprey-okinawa-us-base/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #okinawa #osprey #usbases

One month after two boats capsized off Okinawa Prefecture, leaving two people aboard dead, authorities are continuing their investigations into details of the incident. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/16/japan/probe-continues-ship-accident-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #futenma #henoko #marineaccidents #doshisha #education #schools #nago #usbases #usjapanrelations #kyoto

The site of the U.S. Futenma air base in Okinawa Prefecture has yet to be returned to Japan, although 30 years have passed since the two nations agreed on the transfer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/13/japan/politics/okinawa-futenma-30-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #futenma #henoko #usbases #minorukihara

Four advanced F-35A stealth fighters have arrived at the U.S. military's Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture, marking the first deployment of the aircraft there by U.S. forces, it has been learned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/30/japan/f-35a-fighter-jets-at-us-base-in-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fighterjets #usbases #usmilitary #aomori #misawa #sdf

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki is planning to seek a third term as the prefecture's governor, sources say, amid debate over a planned U.S. military base relocation and recent setbacks for the All Okinawa coalition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/17/japan/politics/okinawa-governor-third-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #dennytamaki #usbases #usmilitary #futenma #nago #henoko #usmilitary #usjapanrelations

A high school student and the captain of a ship died after two boats capsized on Monday off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/16/japan/two-dead-okinawa-ship-capsize/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #marineaccidents #futenma #usmilitary #usbases

The appearance of mysterious white foam from maintenance holes near U.S. military facilities in Okinawa Prefecture has left residents increasingly concerned that it might be hazardous to health. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/16/japan/society/pfas-concerns-near-us-bases-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #usbases #usmilitary #futenma #pfas #environment

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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A high court upheld a seven-year prison sentence given to a 23-year-old U.S. Marine charged with sexual assault resulting in injury to a woman in Okinawa Prefecture in May 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/crime-legal/high-court-us-marine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #sexcrimes #usbases #us #usmilitary #usjapanrelations #okinawa #naha

Award-winning documentarian Jon Mitchell’s new book and the ongoing dialogue of scholars, advocates and artists are calling attention to Okinawa’s long history of geopolitical struggle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/03/02/issues/okinawa-voices-international-scholars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #okinawa #militarybases #usbases #usjapanrelations #ryukyukingdom

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said there was no misunderstanding between Japan and the United States on the planned return of the site housing the U.S. Futenma base in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/21/japan/politics/koizumi-japan-us-futenma-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #futenma #okinawa #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #us #usbases #usmilitary #usjapanrelations

Unless a long runway is secured at a replacement facility, the U.S. Department of Defense said it would not return the site of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Okinawa Prefecture to the Japanese side. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/19/japan/futenma-runway-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #usbases #usmilitary #futenma #nago #henoko #defenseministry

Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a U.S. airman's appeal against his five-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-rejection-airman-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #us #japanesecourts #okinawa #usmilitary #sexcrimes #usbases #usjapanrelations #women039sissues #childabuse #supremecourt

Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi, supported by advocates of a controversial U.S. base relocation project, won his third term in Sunday's mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/26/japan/politics/toguchi-nago-mayor-3rd-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #nago #henoko #futenma #usbases

this declaration by UK GreenParty leader #ZackPolanski is explosive

Imagine if a major Italian party said: #Italy must close #USbases.
"Italy is home to the most comprehensive set of military capabilities [...] that we [US] have anywhere outside US", #WikiLeaks cables reveal

The incumbent mayor and two challengers filed their candidacies for the Jan. 25 mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa, which will focus on the planned relocation of a U.S. military base to the city’s Henoko area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/politics/okinawa-nago-mayor-election-kickoff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #nago #henoko #futenma #usbases #usmilitary

Japan will form a panel of experts as early as this spring to start full-scale discussions on a review of the country's three key national security-related documents, government officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/japan-security-strategy-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #us #usbases #okinawa #defense #defenseministry

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday met with Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi to seek local understanding on relocating U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/08/japan/koizumi-local-understanding-futenma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shinjirokoizumi #okinawa #futenma #henoko #us #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #defense

U.S. military police in Okinawa Prefecture temporarily detained a civilian by mistake in the city of Okinawa on Nov. 22, a joint U.S.-Japan government panel has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/us-military-police-detain-civilian-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usmilitary #usbases #okinawa #usjapanrelations

A suicide note left by a negotiator for the 1972 Okinawa reversion — which describes the envoy’s grief over brokering a secret nuclear agreement with the U.S. — is now on display. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/history/okinawa-reversion-envoy-note/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #keiwakaizumi #okinawa #usbases #usmilitary #nuclearweapons

The central government and Okinawa Prefecture remain apart over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/politics/japan-okinawa-futenma-base-relocation-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #futenma #usbases #dennytamaki #minorukihara

Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent papers on a U.S. Navy member in his 20s to prosecutors over an alleged nonconsensual indecent act against a Japanese minor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/us-navy-sex-crime-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #usbases #japanesepolice #sexcrimes

The Japanese government is preparing for likely U.S. demands that Japan cover a greater share of the costs for stationing U.S. forces in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/japan-us-military-host-nation-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #usmilitary #usbases #donaldtrump #defense

The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed a cutting-edge unmanned surface-to-ship missile system at a base in Okinawa Prefecture since July, sources said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/us-missile-system-deployed-in-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usbases #missiles #gsdf #okinawa #usjapanrelations #us