F-16 makes emergency landing on Okinawa, report says, as Vermont F-35s arrive for duty

An F-16C Fighting Falcon made an emergency landing at Kadena Air Base on Monday, a report said.

Top aide of impeached South Korean president pleads for investigators to halt detention efforts

The top aide of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol pleaded with law enforcement on Tuesday to abandon their efforts to detain him over last month’s martial law imposition, as authorities prepared a second attempt to take him into custody. The presidential security service is preparing for more forceful measures against investigators.

12-nation airborne drill in Japan focuses on defending remote islands

American troops recently joined a 12-nation parachute drill near Tokyo to hone skills needed to recapture remote islands.

North Korea launches several suspected ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan

North Korea launched several suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Tuesday morning in its second day of testing so far this year, according to the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Tsunami alert lifted after magnitude 6.7 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted.

Seoul’s spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect

South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday that two North Korean soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea.

F-22 Raptor makes emergency landing at Air Force base on Okinawa, report says

An Air Force F-22A Raptor made an emergency landing at Kadena Air Base, according to the Ryukyu Shimpo.

Japan should brace for potential shift in US diplomacy under Trump, expert warns

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration has the potential to bring uncertainty to an already tense security situation around Japan, a foreign policy expert said.

Outgoing FBI director calls China and its cyber program the ‘defining threat of our generation’

China’s cyber program has already infiltrated critical American infrastructure and is poised to “wreak havoc” at a whim, the outgoing FBI director told “60 Minutes” on Sunday.

Ukrainian president offers to exchange North Korean POWs with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has released a video of the first North Korean soldiers captured in Russia’s Kursk region and said Kyiv is willing to swap the prisoners of war for its troops held by Moscow.