U.S. soldiers joined Japanese officials and residents in Okinawa for a one-off joint nighttime patrol Friday following sexual assault cases involving American servicemen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/japan/society/japan-us-okinawa-street-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #usbases #usmilitary #sexcrimes
Japan's defense chief has poured cold water on Trump's demand to boost cost-sharing for hosting American troops in Japan before the current deal expires in 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/politics/trump-japan-us-troops-nakatani/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #defense #sdf #usbases #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #usmilitary #china #shigeruishiba #gennakatani
Reviving an '80s-era worldview, Trump says his nation's alliance with Japan is unfair, but Tokyo says the country has been paying billions and plays a key role in U.S. strategy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/politics/japan-us-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #defense #sdf #usbases #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #usmilitary #china #shigeruishiba
Japan has a new U.S. ambassador, and he’ll have both large shoes to fill and a challenging agenda ahead of him — including helping to resolve a row over tough tariffs the White House has slapped on its top Asian ally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/politics/us-japan-ambassador-george-glass-confirmed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #georgeglass #us #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #defense #budgets #donaldtrump #congress
The U.S. military will deploy several long-range surveillance drones to Japan’s far-flung southwestern islands area near Taiwan, as the allies seek to counter China’s ramped-up drone presence in the same area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/us-triton-drones-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usmilitary #drones #okinawa #taiwan #china #pla #defense #usbases
The Pentagon is reportedly considering halting a planned expansion of U.S. Forces Japan, a key element of Washington’s push to more aggressively counter Chinese military assertiveness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/politics/pentagon-us-forces-japan-upgrade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #usbases #defense
A new medical center has opened at the site of the former West Futenma Housing Area in Okinawa Prefecture, which was returned to Japan from the U.S. military in 2015. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/japan/okinawa-medical-center-opens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #ginowan #usbases #hospitals
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to be ambassador to Japan, George Glass, said he will "undoubtedly" need to press Japan to contribute more money for hosting American troops. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/politics/george-glass-us-japan-ambassador-cost-sharing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #georgeglass #us #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #defense #budgets #donaldtrump #congress
The Naha District Public Prosecutor's Office has decided not to indict a U.S. Marine who had been investigated for alleged sexual assault in Okinawa Prefecture, citing insufficient evidence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/24/japan/crime-legal/us-marine-okinawa-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #usbases #sexcrimes #okinawa
U.S. air bases across the Indo-Pacific are becoming increasingly vulnerable amid a lack of hardened shelters, as China’s missile arsenal grows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/10/asia-pacific/us-bases-asia-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #usbases #usmilitary #okinawa #defense #usmarinecorps #people039sliberationarmy #selfdefenseforces
Japanese government officials have inspected the Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo following a leak of water containing toxic “forever chemicals” outside the U.S. base in August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/20/japan/science-health/yokota-base-pfas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #pfas #water #chemicals #pollution #environment #health #usmilitary #usbases
The relocation of some U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture to Guam has started, Japan's Defense Ministry said Saturday, 19 years after an initial agreement was agreed upon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/14/japan/okinawa-marines-guam-relocation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #us #usmilitary #guam #usbases #nago #futenma
The deployment of cutting-edge F-35A stealth fighters at the U.S. military's Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture will start in the spring of 2026, Tohoku Defense Bureau officials and others said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/18/japan/f35-a-fighter-jet-deployment-misawa-base/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usmilitary #usbases #sdf #aomori #misawa #fighterjets #stealthtech
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Friday said that no decision has been made on U.S. Forces Japan's reported command relocation to central Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/16/japan/us-forces-japan-relocation/ #japan #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #defense #defenseministry
In a sign of the times, Okinawa's call centers — which received around 125,000 Dial 104 calls a day at the peak of their operations — are moving on to other tasks, with NTT discontinuing the service in March 2026 due to a plunge in landline users. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/11/japan/society/ntt-telephone-directory-okinawa/ #japan #society #ntt #phones #okinawa #usbases #telecoms #callcenters
The U.S. is widening its ability to review foreign nationals' real estate deals near military bases and installations — a move that comes at a time of heightened concern over China-related land purchases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/02/world/us-property-oversight-military-bases/ #worldnews #us #usbases #usmilitary #china #russia #espionage
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said that he “definitely” wants to make revisions to a key military pact with Washington “a reality,” but his push to change the agreement governing the U.S. military presence in Japan is unlikely to happen any time soon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/16/japan/japan-us-status-of-forces-agreement/ #japan #usjapanrelations #usmilitary #us #usbases #shigeruishiba #ldp
The new commander of U.S. forces stationed in Japan, Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, pledged on Tuesday his relentless effort to make the bilateral alliance more solid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/09/japan/new-us-forces-japan-chief/ #japan #usbases #usjapanrelations #usmilitary
The U.S. is assembling an economic and security assistance package for Gabon in a bid to prevent China from establishing a military footprint in the strategically positioned Central African nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/07/world/us-china-military-base-africa/ #worldnews #china #pla #us #usmilitary #defense #africa #gabon #usbases
