US Flies Long-Range Bomber in Drill with South Korea, Japan in Reaction to the North's Missile Test The trilateral aerial training was the second by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan this year.
Japan Has Grounded its V-22 Osprey Fleet Again After Flight Incident The V-22 was taking part in the joint U.S. military exercise Keen Sword and carrying 16 passengers, including three U.S...
Japan and EU Announce a Security and Defense Partnership as Regional Tensions Rise Japan and the European Union announced a security and defense partnership as they seek to step up military ties, including...
Navy Commander, Executive Officer of Japan-Based Ship Repair Facility Relieved The Navy has relieved both the commanding officer and his deputy, the executive officer, from their posts leading the U.S...
DoD Launches Program to Help Employees Who Have Had Trouble Getting Health Care in Japan After a yearlong review by the Pentagon, Tricare's overseas contractor will create a call center to assist civilian employees...
Marine Corps' Unmanned 'Narco-Boat' Is Now Plying the Waters Around Okinawa The Marine Corps' new uncrewed, semi-submersible vessel -- dubbed the "narco-boat" -- arrived in Japan earlier this month as...
A-Bomb Survivors Use Nobel Peace Prize to Share Anti-Nuke Message With the Young Efforts to document the survivors' stories and voices have grown in recent years around Japan, including in Hiroshima...
Troops in Japan Banned from Late-Night Drinking After String of Alleged Sexual Assaults on Okinawa The U.S. military's commander in Japan has finally tightened the rules around drinking for all troops stationed in the...
Japanese Warplanes Use Flares to Warn a Russian Spy Plane to Leave Airspace Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan’s airspace above Rebun...
Air Force Ospreys Set to Again Deploy Abroad After Deadly Crash, But Concerns Linger on Mechanical Issues The news comes less than a year after a deadly November CV-22 Osprey crash in Japan that claimed the lives of eight airmen.
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...