Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki has accused U.S. military police of failing to coordinate with Okinawa authorities before taking nine Marines into custody on an Okinawa city street during a joint patrol.

Two sailors were treated for minor injuries after a fire on the USS New Orleans, anchored off southeastern Okinawa, was finally extinguished after burning for 12 hours.

A fire on the USS New Orleans prompted firefighting efforts by Japanese forces near White Beach Naval Facility.

Nine Marines may face charges under the military justice system after encountering a joint patrol in Okinawa city.

A Japanese court handed a U.S. Marine a suspended sentence after convicting him of fleeing the scene of a May drunken driving crash that injured four people, including two children.

An airman assigned to Kadena Air Base and her dog were rescued by the Japan coast guard after they went missing in a kayak off Torii Beach, according to the coast guard.

A Marine on Okinawa died after his motorcycle hit a curb, according to the service and local police.

Okinawa prefecture and two towns adjacent to Kadena Air Base have made formal protests to U.S. and Japanese authorities after an F-15E Strike Eagle landed at the base with a missing wheel.

A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.

China and Japan remain locked in a game of cat-and-mouse near the Senkaku Islands, with China this year setting another record for the number of consecutive days its vessels have sailed near the disputed islets in the East China Sea.