Okinawa officials contend parachute training at Kadena Air Base is no longer justifed after the U.S. military’s primary offshore site reopened last year.

Meanwhile, two-time All-Far East cheerleaders Jayla Shipp and Navoni’ Perry and Sarah Beth Walker and freshman Charlotte Fussinger boosted Kadena to its 10th Division I title and third in six years.

The Supreme Court's decision finalizes the five-year prison sentence for Brennon Washington, a 26-year-old service member at ...

Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a US Air Force member against a five-year prison term handed down by a ...

Japan's top court has upheld a ruling that sentenced a U.S. Air Force serviceman in Okinawa to five years in prison for ...

Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a U.S. airman's appeal against his five-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture. The decision, issued by ...

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