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Japan's defense minister has confirmed air defense missiles will be deployed on the island of Yonaguni, just 70 miles from ...

On the 8th, Japan's NHK reported, citing the Ministry of Defense, that takeoffs and landings by Chinese military ...

Two-thirds of first graders at Okinawa International School come from families who relocated from outside the prefecture, ...

Japanese prosecutors will not pursue charges against a U.S. Navy sailor accused of inappropriately touching a Japanese girl ...

OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture–A video showing an American civilian being slammed to the ground and detained by U.S. military police outside a local bar has gone viral, raising concerns about ...

Japan's Defense Ministry says the Maritime Self-Defense Force has been monitoring the movements of the Chinese aircraft ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara visited Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki at the prefectural office in Naha in Sunday.

The top government spokesman said Monday he would not comment on a recent Chinese newspaper editorial that questioned Japan's sovereignty over the southern island prefecture of Okinawa, amid a ...

The Japanese Defense Ministry has announced that Chinese J-15 fighter aircraft took off from China's Liaoning aircraft ...

As China's 12th national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre approaches, a "memorial testimony rally" was ...