A U.S. Marine accused of injuring a woman during an attempted sexual assault told a Japanese court he was “not violent” and spent only five minutes at her home.

U.S. Marines are stashing an anti-ship missile system in remote corners of the northern Philippines as part of an ongoing exercise meant to counter threats in the region’s contested waters, according to a Marine commander.

Marines at Iwakuni exterminated 279 venomous spiders over a recent three-month period, according to Yamaguchi prefecture.

Marine Attack Squadron 231 took another step toward the service’s retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II to make way for the F-35 Lightning II.

A U.S. Marine accused of strangling and injuring a Japanese woman during an attempted sexual assault appeared in Japanese court Monday and denied the charges against him.

Thirty-nine families had been displaced by the fiery crash, which damaged 10 four-plex buildings. Of those families, 35 were expected to be given the green light to move back into their homes, although 15 opted to be placed somewhere else in the area.

A Japanese airline has thanked a U.S. Marine for subduing a disruptive passenger who allegedly attempted to open an exit door during a flight from Tokyo to Houston on Saturday.

A fire sparked by live-fire training scorched more than 215,000 square feet at a Marine Corps rifle range in northern Okinawa, marking the second such blaze in as many months, according to U.S. military and Japanese officials.

A U.S. Marine was arrested over the weekend after allegedly fleeing a drunken driving crash that injured four members of a Japanese family, including two children.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered sweeping changes to the military’s household goods moving system, citing ongoing frustration among service members with a newly instituted contracting system.