A U.S. airman convicted in Japanese court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Okinawa has appealed the verdict.

The U.S. Coast Guard will join its Japanese and Indian counterparts for first-of-its-kind training in Tokyo Bay early next year in conjunction with an annual summit in Tokyo.

Cmdr. Daniel Ropp is exercising his artistic side with contributions to the Navy and local Japanese communities around Naval Air Facility Atsugi, finding joy in the impact his work has on others.

Known as the Part Time Bro, AMarie Castillo recently did sets for the New Sanno Hotel’s Catalina Wine Mixer and at Tokyo’s Comedy Bar, the only English-language comedy club in the city.

The sanctions freeze any U.S. property belonging to sanctioned businesses and bar Americans from doing business with them. Analysts say Pakistan’s nuclear and missile program is primarily aimed at countering threats from neighboring India.

Thursday’s discussions were attended by high-level representatives from Myanmar and its neighbors, Laos, China, India, Bangladesh and host Thailand. Thailand’s foreign minister noted it was the first time that Myanmar and all five of its neighbors had met together.

The Ministry of Health said the number of confirmed deaths reached 10 early Friday, with the number expected to rise. Some 330,000 people live on Vanuatu’s 80 islands. Australian, New Zealand and French aid has started arriving.

U.S. weapons manufacturers could work with Vietnamese counterparts to help build up Vietnam’s armed forces, the U.S. ambassador to the southeast Asian country said Thursday at an international arms expo in the capital Hanoi.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol likely kept the United States in the dark about his plan to declare martial law on Dec. 3 to avoid interference with his decree, the National Assembly speaker told reporters Thursday.

More than 100 homes on Kadena Air Base will be inspected after spalling concrete was discovered in several buildings.

U.S. airmen put their Santa hats back into storage over the weekend after successfully concluding the 73rd Operation Christmas Drop, according to the 374th Airlift Wing.

Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan’s largest newspaper who helped shape the country’s postwar politics, has died, his company said Thursday.

An Australian naval officer recently became the first of his countryman to earn the U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Device, often referred to as “dolphins.”

China and India have agreed to work toward a solution to their long-running border dispute in the Himalayas after a military standoff there that began with a deadly clash in 2020. 

South Korea conducted joint exercises drills this week with the U.S. to improve the nation’s air defense response to North Korean drone intrusions.

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Irving Cintron has been putting on Christmas light shows since late November for his neighbors at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. It’s a tradition he began nearly 20 years ago during his enlisted days, but this year’s light shows are the final chapter for Cintron at Yokota, as he plans to retire in June.

North Korea demonstrated this year that it could produce ballistic missiles and supply them to Russia for use against Ukraine in a matter of months, the head of a research organization that traces weapons used in the war said Wednesday.

Since 2015, the Navy has spent about $3.7 billion modernizing seven Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers. But only three will be delivered back to fleet, and none will gain five service life years as intended, according to a federal watchdog.

In the second-half of 2023, 15 high-ranking Chinese military officials and defense industry executives were ousted, several of which oversaw equipment development projects. Still, a key takeaway from the Pentagon’s assessment is that China is continuing its rapid nuclear buildup.