TOKYO — During a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Defense Department has started phase one of upgrading U.S. Forces Japan to a ...

USFJ established a new liaison department in March as part of its reorganization, the ministry said in an unsigned statement emailed Thursday to Stars and Stripes. “To further strengthen ...

The U.S. government will explain the move to restructure U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) at a meeting of Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense ministers scheduled to be held in Tokyo on July 28 ...

The department originally announced in 2024 that USFJ would be upgraded from a primarily administrative command to a joint force headquarters, meaning it would have more war-fighting and ...