Japanese prosecutors have declined to charge a U.S. Marine accused of stealing a car, driving drunk, crashing it, and intruding into a man’s home in Iwakuni last month.

Japan on Monday activated a new military command that will take operational control of all three of its armed forces, as the country bolsters its defense posture amid rising regional tensions.

Japanese prosecutors dropped their case against a U.S. airman accused of breaking into and smashing up an Okinawa liquor store last year, a spokesman said Wednesday.

The Air Force’s 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa is tightening approval measures for nighttime exercises after unauthorized training last month involving simulated explosions and gunfire drew complaints from a neighboring town.

A sailor with the U.S. 7th Fleet was charged Thursday by Japanese prosecutors with causing the death of a motorcyclist in a traffic collision in September near a gate at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is encouraging people at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo to use a local taxi company’s mobile app for on- and off-base travel.

Japanese police are investigating a bomb threat against Yokota Air Base, the U.S. military hub in western Tokyo that also serves as the headquarters of U.S. Forces Japan.

Japan’s cherry blossoms, a hallmark of spring, are expected to bloom on schedule this year, with Tokyo’s first flowers appearing on March 25, according to commercial weather forecasters.

Japanese police on Wednesday recommended a charge of negligent driving causing death against a sailor involved in a fatal collision outside the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

Japanese troops on Wednesday detonated eight unexploded, U.S.-made bombs believed to be from World War II off the coast of southern Okinawa.