Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

An F-15 Eagle assigned to the 173rd Fighter Wing flies past Mount Stukel in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 2, 2018. (Jason Van Mourik/U.S. Air Force) ...

Japanese officials say an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers.

Japan's government protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.

Vicenza, Italy - Sky Soldiers participated in the annual Running of the Herd road race here Nov. 7-8 along with Families and community members to honor Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade ...

The new accusations follow four known accusations of sexual misconduct against U.S. troops in Okinawa over the last year, though at least one set of charges was dropped against a Marine in January.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) was activated March 26, 1963, on the island of Okinawa. The longest serving unit in continuous combat, the brigade served in all four South Vietnam Corps ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan are under investigation for alleged rapes, police say, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents .

NAHA -- As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against U.S. forces began, the Japanese military built airbases ...

The U.S. military presence on Okinawa, which began during World War Two, includes most of the 18,000 U.S. marines stationed in Japan. American bases cover around 8% of the main Okinawa island, ...

TOKYO — One of the most vocal opponents of U.S. military construction on Okinawa has been in detention for 95 days on relatively minor charges, triggering accusations that the Japanese ...

The Defense Ministry said the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from densely populated Ginowan to Henoko on Okinawa's eastern coast will cost 930 billion yen ($8.5 billion) and ...