US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel defended American forces abroad as ‘the thin blue line.’ 

A pilot program aims to connect Department of Defense civilians in Japan with local health care providers without paying large, upfront service fees.

Tupu Lamar Hawkins, 17, who had “been determined to be at significant risk by law enforcement,” was found following a two-day search after he went missing from the Sagamihara Family Housing Area on Camp Zama near Tokyo.

Police were still searching Tuesday for an at-risk American teen last seen leaving a U.S. Army housing area near the Japanese capital the previous morning.

Japanese officials visited a training facility at Yokota Air Base, where firefighting foam likely overflowed into stormwater drains last summer.

Known as the Part Time Bro, AMarie Castillo recently did sets for the New Sanno Hotel’s Catalina Wine Mixer and at Tokyo’s Comedy Bar, the only English-language comedy club in the city.

The Philippines will soon become a full participant in annual Yama Sakura warfighting drills involving U.S., Japanese and Australian ground forces, according to defense experts.

Diplomats and representatives from the militaries and coast guards of the United States, Japan and the Philippines agreed this week they prefer a peaceful settlement of ongoing Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.

The U.S. Marine Corps has resumed flying its MV-22B Ospreys days after the U.S. military grounded the entire tiltrotor fleet due to safety concerns, according to a 1st Marine Aircraft Wing spokesman.

Lloyd Austin, on his last visit to Japan as defense secretary, reiterated U.S. support for ally South Korea as it works through the repercussions of its president’s attempt a week ago to impose martial law.