The buildings being constructed are for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the Ryukyus and the university’s hospital ... U.S. military facilities cover about 18,500 hectares of Okinawa ...

The United States and Japan have worked to contain China’s naval ambitions within the “first island chain,” a strategic boundary that includes Taiwan, Okinawa, and the Philippines.

A US army base worker has been jailed for life for rape and murder in Okinawa, in a case that sparked anti-US protests in Japan. Kenneth Franklin Shinzato was found guilty of assaulting and ...