Eight service members at Kadena Air Base may face charges of importing illegal drugs into Japan by mail over the past year.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile off its eastern coast Monday morning, its second launch so far this year, according to the South Korean military.

Marine was drowsy and intoxicated while driving on Route 224 in Okinawa city Aug. 12, according to a summary of the indictment. He strayed into the opposing lane and collided with an oncoming vehicle, injuring a 54-year-old driver.

The U.S. Marine Corps on Thursday reported the first flight of an MV-22 Osprey in Japan since a deadly crash nearly four months ago temporarily grounded the aircraft across the U.S. and Japanese militaries.

Dockworkers went on strike in protest Monday when a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer visited a civilian port on the southern Japanese island of Ishigaki, local news reported.

A U.S. soldier assigned to Kadena Air Base died Saturday morning when his vehicle crashed into trees alongside a highway on Okinawa, according to Japanese police.

The U.S. and Japanese governments are working on a timeline for resuming tiltrotor flights over Japan, according to officials from both countries.

A Japanese court fined a 19-year-old Marine the equivalent of about $680 for trespassing and assaulting an older man in November near this air base south of Hiroshima.

A Marine assigned to Camp Foster died when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle, police said.

The Marine Corps announced plans to evacuate part of a base on Okinawa while Japanese troops dispose of leftover World War II ordnance in a nearby construction zone.