Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main island of Kyushu.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister.
Sgt. Korbein Schultz, an Army intelligence analyst, entered a guilty plea Tuesday in federal court to charges of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities, including dozens of documents addressing topics ranging from rocket systems to Chinese military tactics.
A federal grand jury in South Florida on Thursday indicted Venezuelan-American executive Roger Piñate, founder and president of the voting-machine company Smartmatic, on charges of involving a bribery and money-laundering scheme used to secure elections contracts in the Philippines.
The U.S. Embassy in Japan has denied a Japanese news agency report that Ambassador Rahm Emanuel could step down in November.
Rachel Billups, a teacher at Misawa Air Base, was named Department of Defense Education Activity History Teacher of the Year.
A lightning strike last week at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo knocked out power to the base commissary, causing the overnight loss of at least $50,000 in perishable food items.
The Philippine government said it has filed a diplomatic protest against Beijing after Chinese jets flew dangerously close and fired a volley of flares in the path of a Philippine air force patrol plane over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
The United States and South Korea will kick off their second large-scale military exercise of the year next week with specific North Korean threats in mind.
Two Italian warships pulled into Guam’s Apra Harbor on Sunday, the Italian navy’s inaugural visit to the island, just days after its first-ever drill with the U.S. Navy in the region.
Organizers said a demonstration near Marine Corps Air Station Futenma drew about 2,500 people, including Okinawa’s governor, condemning sexual assaults allegedly committed by U.S. service members.
The Philippine military chief condemned Saturday what he said was the provocative actions of two Chinese air force aircraft that executed a dangerous maneuver and dropped flares in the path of a Philippine air force plane on routine patrol in the South China Sea.
A military investigation has found that an Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines last August was caused by pilot error during a near midair collision. It also found that squadron leadership had permitted “a culture that disregarded safety of flight.”
With the northern part of Shan State now slipping out of junta control, a successful attack down the highway would signal a definitive step toward the siege of Myanmar’s second city – and potentially the beginning of the end for the junta.
East Japan Railway Company, or JR East, is planning to start issuing prepaid, rechargeable smart cards in the Tokyo metropolitan area again this fall after clearing semiconductor supply problems.
The U.S. Army has doubled the tour length for single soldiers serving in certain roles on the Korean Peninsula.
U.S. citizens in Japan should stay alert and take disaster prevention measures following a warning about increased risk of a large earthquake, according to the State Department.
Australia should welcome a U.S. Marine Corps rotational force eight times the size of one that now spends six months each year near the northern city of Darwin, a conservative Australian think tank said in a recent report.
Dozens of Maui surfers, canoe paddlers and boat riders made their way into the ocean off Lahaina on Thursday to remember the 102 people killed when the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century destroyed the historic town one year ago.