The Marine Corps is seeking feedback from active-duty troops about its programs to remove or secure the objects that facilitate suicide.

A construction vessel leaked oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa this week but caused no environmental damage, according to Japan’s coast guard.

The commandant of the Marine Corps warned this week that a plan to move thousands of troops from Okinawa to Guam would position forces too far away to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific, according to media reports.

A Marine Corps Osprey made a precautionary landing at a commercial airport in southern Japan on Tuesday after a warning light activated.

An F-16C Fighting Falcon made an emergency landing at Kadena Air Base on Monday, a report said.

An Air Force F-22A Raptor made an emergency landing at Kadena Air Base, according to the Ryukyu Shimpo.

Government officials representing Japan and Okinawa repeated pleas to the US military to discipline its population following a fourth sexual assault allegation against a service member on Okinawa in just over a year.

Police on Okinawa suspect a U.S. Marine of sexually assaulting and injuring a woman in November, the fourth such case to surface over the past year.

Failing concrete in housing units at Sebille Manor on Kadena Air Base in Okinawa has prompted the Air Force to move one family from its home and notify several others they must relocate by June 30.

Chinese coast guard ships sailed near the Senkaku chain a record 355 times last year, as Beijing made good on its promise to increase its presence around the islands. The Senkakus include five uninhabited islets and three reefs 105 miles east of Taiwan and 254 miles west of Okinawa. They are administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan.