A Japanese Cabinet minister approved the design changes holding up construction on a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab, three days after the Okinawa governor ignored a court order to approve the changes himself.

A Japanese Cabinet minister is expected to signal a return to work on a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab on Thursday, three days after Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki ignored a court order to approve construction changes himself. 

At a recent ceremony, a historian laid flowers and delivered remarks to honor six U.S. service members of Basque descent who perished during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

A Japanese court sided with Tokyo on Wednesday and wrested permitting approval for a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab away from Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki.

An advanced stealth fighter that returned to its base on Okinawa missing a panel may have lost the part over the ocean, an Air Force spokesman said.

The Air Force is considering a plan to permanently replace its aging fleet of F-15 Eagle fighters on Okinawa with a smaller number of more advanced aircraft, a Japanese news magazine reported recently.

The commander of Marine forces in Japan has ordered a liberty policy update following a rise in misconduct by U.S. military personnel in the island nation.

A panel fell off a U.S. Navy helicopter last week as it was flying over waters southwest of Tokyo, a Navy spokesman said.

More than 200 people demonstrated in front of the Okinawa Defense Bureau’s headquarters in Kadena town to protest the V-22 Osprey.

Protesters seeking to expel a controversial tiltrotor aircraft from Okinawa plan to rally outside Japanese government offices less than a week after an Air Force Osprey crashed in southwestern Japan.