The U.S. military has destroyed its last supplies of toxic firefighting foam at installations in Japan, according to the Tokyo-based command.

The Defense Commissary Agency is replacing U.S. imports of certain fruits and vegetables with locally grown counterparts.

The 18th Wing has warned its community to beware of credit and debit card fraud following reports of unexplained charges billed to cardholders who shopped at Kadena businesses.

Nearly 80 athletes gave their all during the 20th Kadena Special Olympics beneath soggy skies at this U.S. base over the weekend.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear program to counter U.S.-led threats in comments reported Monday that were his first direct criticism toward Washington since Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential election.

Carrier Air Wing 5, the aviation arm of the USS George Washington, arrived home Sunday at this air base with a new addition, a squadron of advanced F-35C Lightning II multirole fighters.

North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations.

Taiwan, Philippines have taken quite a severe pounding from several major typhoons since mid- to late-October.

Japan’s amphibious army unit will join annual U.S. Marine Corps rotations to Australia’s Northern Territory, the three allies’ top civilian defense leaders said Sunday.

A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month.

For a half-century, Philippine soldiers deployed on the southwestern edge of the country have been dedicated to squashing separatist movements led by Islamist rebels. Now, the troops here are being retrained to confront what their leaders see as a different and urgent threat: China.

China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.S. administration.”

Japan’s foreign minister has arrived in Kyiv to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the deployment of thousands of troops to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, at least 540 people, including 109 children, have been killed by the army’s airstrikes across the country between January and October this year.

North Korea tested exploding drones designed to crash into targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating mass production of the weapons, state media said Friday.

The Philippine delivery of supplies and military personnel to the Second Thomas Shoal was the third such trip that did not lead to any confrontation since July, when both sides signed a rare deal to stop an alarming spike in violent confrontations. It’s the first known agreement of its kind by China.

President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea’s “dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.”

Army Criminal Investigation Division agents and South Korean investigators apprehended 10 people during a sting at Camp Humphreys, according to an investigator.

A group of Marines on a weekend snorkeling trip last month used their training and teamwork to save a Japanese woman from rough seas.