Japan: Why Okinawa is strategically crucial for US military
Faced with growing pressures from China, North Korea and Russia, US land, sea and air units are stepping up training…
US Marines on Okinawa ramp up jungle training
The focus of some US military exercises is shifting from deserts to the jungle environments found in the Indo-Pacific in…
Japan: Typhoon Khanun lashes Okinawa
A slow-moving, very strong, typhoon has hit the island of Okinawa, knocking out power and killing at least one person.…
Flights cancelled, thousands told to evacuate as typhoon nears Japan’s Okinawa
NNA – Flights were cancelled and tens of thousands of people were advised to evacuate their homes on Tuesday as…