TOKYO — Japanese authorities on Wednesday began landfill work in waters off Okinawa as part of a long-delayed project to relocate a US military air base within the southern island prefecture, local ...

Japan on Tuesday sued its southern region of Okinawa over local resistance to a new US military base, the latest chapter in deepening mistrust between central authorities and the government of the ...

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 13th Brigade, Middle Army, steam rice in a field kitchen during exercise Nankai Rescue 2026 at the Lotus Cultural Center, Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 24, 2026.