During the Bilateral Aircraft Mishap Functional Training Exercise, U.S. Navy sailors and Japanese emergency responders ...

Visiting Okinawa, I was struck by how much it didn't feel like I was in Japan. Not only are the vast majority of buildings made of concrete, but they are designed in a unique Okinawan way.

Night - Clear. Winds NNE at 11 to 14 mph (17.7 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Winds NNE at 11 to 16 mph (17.7 to 25.7 kph ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Thursday ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A construction vessel leaked oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa this week but caused no environmental damage, according to Japan’s ...

Part of that plan includes booting roughly 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa, an island that accounts for less than 1% of Japan's total land ... on its newest base there, Camp Blaz.

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

About 19,000 Marines are currently stationed in Okinawa. The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to move ... expected to be stationed on Guam, where Camp Blaz will serve as their primary ...

Two of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled on Monday when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwest Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the region. This map shows the ...

Night - Clear. Winds NE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). Showers today with ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit southwestern Japan on Monday, triggering public warnings to stay away from coastal areas because of a tsunami advisory, which was later ...

When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Japan time. Shake data is as of ...