The Japanese government will begin magnetic surveys for unexploded ordnance at Okinawa’s main commercial airport next week.

A U.S. Army specialist was killed over the weekend in a motorcycle crash near Camp Foster, according to the Army and Japanese police.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was recognized on Okinawa for his part in the team’s World Series victory.

Japanese divers working magnetic surveys for the government at two sites on Okinawa discovered 20 pieces of unexploded ordnance believed to be left over from World War II. Most recently, divers found a 5-inch shell on Nov. 26 in 52-foot waters where the Naha Military Port replacement facility is expected to be built.

A civilian employee from Kadena Air Base was arrested on suspicion of attempting to carry live ammunition through a security checkpoint at Naha Airport, according to Okinawa Prefectural Police.

Human bones discovered this spring on Camp Schwab have prompted Okinawa police to request public assistance in identifying the remains.

A Japanese court handed a U.S. Navy contractor a six-month suspended sentence for possessing a small amount of marijuana after smoking with a coworker.

A Navy Osprey made a precautionary landing Thursday at a commercial airport on an island north of Okinawa, a week after a Marine Corps tiltrotor made a similar landing there.

Japanese police are investigating reports from the 18th Wing that laser pointers were aimed at two of its aircraft in the air on Tuesday.

One Marine motorcyclist died and another was injured Tuesday in a multivehicle crash in northern Okinawa, according to Japanese police and the Marine Corps.