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Japan-South Korea relations are on an upward trajectory, with leaders frequently visiting each other, confirming broad cooperation across various fields.

A Japanese court upheld a U.S. Marine’s conviction for strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman at her Okinawa home in May 2024.

A Pentagon statement that it will not return Futenma to Japan until it provides a replacement runway is not new, Japan’s defense minister said.

For nearly three decades, Washington and Tokyo have pledged to close a controversial US airbase in Okinawa, located in the middle of a densely populated island. But the plan is now facing new ...

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Surface-to-air missiles, which are capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles, will be located on Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island ...