Sailors assigned to the USS George Washington are currently prohibited from consuming any alcoholic beverages on or off base, ship spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Mark Langford said.

The U.S. Air Force will begin deploying F-35A Lightning II fighters to northeast Japan in spring 2026, according to an official.

A Japanese warship recently concluded F-35B Lightning II trials off Southern California, part of Japan’s pursuit of fifth-generation fighter capabilities at sea.

A joint U.S.-Japan naval drill has been canceled after a Japanese sailor went missing following a weekend fire aboard a minesweeper that eventually sank.

As part of a restructuring initiative, U.S. Forces Japan is looking into appropriating an Army compound in central Tokyo as the command weighs a move from the city’s western suburbs potentially to a downtown district just a few miles from Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

A Japanese officer has been suspended for a month for forcing a subordinate soldier, who was caught dozing, to eat the strong Japanese horseradish, according to a Japan Ground Self-Defense force spokesman.

The ICBM – the first fired by the North since Dec. 18 – lofted eastward from the Pyongyang area at 7:10 a.m., South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Starbucks introduced a Frappuccino that looks like a mysteriously lit blue-and-red fire under a magical spell, and a cocoa-infused Halloween Malassada pastry that’s darkly sweet. Both are available only through Halloween.

A U.S. fifth-generation fighter jet landed on a Japanese helicopter destroyer this week, bringing Japan one step closer to taking its own advanced stealth fighters to sea.

Local governments ask Japan’s government for more information about the spill, including where the water flowed, why contaminated water was stored on base and what preventative measures will be taken.