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Japan's Takaichi Tries to Reaffirm Alliance with Trump as He Seeks Help Securing Strait of Hormuz Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump after the president this...
Exhibit Honors Japanese Americans Who Fought for US in WWII While Their Families Were Locked Up A new traveling exhibit tells the story of Japanese American soldiers who fought for the U.S. in World War II, even as their...
Kuribayashi, Nishi and the Japanese Troops Who Chose Death Over Surrender at Iwo Jima Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most...
What the Next Round of US–Japan Base Negotiations Could Mean for Troops and Families in 2026 US Japan base negotiations ahead of the 2026 cost-sharing deadline will shape force posture, Okinawa realignment, and daily...
Trump Taps New Marine Commander for Key US Force in Japan Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson has been tasked to lead the Marine Corps’ only permanently forward-deployed force in Japan, placing...
Japanese American Soldiers Once Branded 'Enemy Aliens' Promoted Posthumously Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony, eight decades after they died fighting...
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles into Sea Between Korean Peninsula and Japan North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, according to its neighbors, as the North...
Japan and the Philippines Sign New Defense Pact as They Face Growing China Aggression Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other...
Xi Is Testing Japan’s Ties With Trump by Escalating Trade Battle China is testing Donald Trump’s support for America’s top ally in Asia by imposing export controls on Japan months after the...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
![WWII Japanese American Exhibit](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-03/ApNewsroom_WWII_Japanese_American_Exhibit_12259.jpg?itok=DfAr1ess "Rosalyn Tonai, Executive Director at the National Japanese American Historical Society, walks through the "I am an American: The Nisei Soldier Experience" exhibit during an interview at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)")
