Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, was on hand recently to help unveil a plaque in the rural Japanese town of Ikachi, near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, to commemorate the nine-member crew of the Lonesome Lady, an American B-24 Liberator that crashed 80 years ago near the end of World War II.

PFAS in treated water discharged from two sites outside Yokota Air Base in Tokyo spiked recently but remained within safe limits, according to Japanese government surveys.

The United States and Japan concluded a weeklong disaster-response exercise that simulated a magnitude 7 earthquake, the first to bring together U.S. Forces Japan and the country’s newly formed Joint Operations Command.

Japan’s Defense Ministry acknowledged it failed to meet recruitment goals for the Self-Defense Forces in recent years, as the country seeks to bolster its military amid growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia.

Chinese fighter jets made two close passes at Japanese intelligence aircraft again recently following similar incidents last month.

A U.S. fighter made a precautionary landing in northern Japan, temporarily closing a shared military-commercial runway, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost outlined the transformation of U.S. Forces Japan and its evolving partnership with the Japan Self-Defense Forces in a Saturday opinion piece.

A Japan Airlines flight bound for Osaka was delayed approximately 45 minutes after the F-16 landed around 11:30 a.m., a Tohoku Defense Bureau spokesman said. The bureau protested the landing.

U.S. officials confirmed that about 250 gallons of contaminated water leaked at Yokota Air Base in 2023, a disclosure that is drawing sharp criticism from local Japanese governments for coming more than two years after the incident.

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan’s easternmost exclusive economic zone for the first time over the weekend, a move likely to raise tensions in a region already on edge amid growing maritime competition.