U.S. forces

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court, government must come...
The Supreme Court in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
April 15, 2013
When Japan's Supreme Court ruled in 1959 that U.S. forces should be allowed to remain in Japan despite the pacifist Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, what went on behind...
China developing unmanned aircraft to counter U.S....
An unmanned helicopter manufactured by a research institute of the Chinese military is displayed at the International Aviation Exhibition held in Beijing in autumn last year. (Kenji Minemura)
February 13, 2013
BEIJING--It was a prestigious contest involving some of the top technological minds in China, with prizes totaling 2.65 million yuan (about 32 million yen or $400,000) up for...
ANALYSIS: China courts friends in region; for...
In this May 2012 file photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning cruises for a test on the sea. (AP photo)
November 21, 2012
PHNOM PENH/BEIJING--When U.S. President Barack Obama and more than a dozen leaders arrived in Cambodia for a regional summit meeting this week, only one of them was feted with...
Japan to deploy missiles, destroyers for N. Korea...
Launch pads for Patriot PAC-3 ballistic missiles are shown to reporters at the Air Self-Defense Force Kouradai Sub Base in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 8, 2010. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
March 20, 2012
Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka said he will order the Self-Defense Forces to intercept any missile that threatens Japan, as the central government prepares for North Korea’s...
EDITORIAL: Take Henoko relocation plan back to the...
February 10, 2012
Japan and the United States announced a basic agreement to revise the road map for the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan.
China developing unmanned aircraft to counter U.S....
An unmanned helicopter manufactured by a research institute of the Chinese military is displayed at the International Aviation Exhibition held in Beijing in autumn last year. (Kenji Minemura)
January 24, 2012
BEIJING--It was a prestigious contest involving some of the top technological minds in China, with prizes totaling 2.65 million yuan (about 32 million yen or $400,000) up for...
Japan key to new U.S. defense strategy, says senior ...
January 14, 2012
WASHINGTON--Japan is an integral part of the new U.S. defense strategy announced by President Barack Obama on Jan. 5, according to a high-ranking U.S. Defense Department...
S. Korea-U.S. forces maintain surveillance alert...
A South Korean soldier patrols the Imjingak railroad station on the border of North and South Korea on Jan. 20. (The Associated Press)
December 21, 2011
SEOUL--South Korean and U.S. forces kept their surveillance alert level unchanged, indicating that the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has not led to an emergency...
Japan-South Korea jointly pushing for SOFA revisions
Friends and associates of Koki Yogi, who died in a traffic accident caused by a private-sector U.S. citizen working at a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture in January this year, call for indictment in Naha on Nov. 24. (Satoshi Okumura)
November 28, 2011
SEOUL--In a rare step, Japan and South Korea have begun to work together to negotiate revisions in Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA) they have signed separately with the...
Noda hopes subsidy concession will unlock Futenma...
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is located in the middle of residential area in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
September 27, 2011
A new central government subsidy program will be used to try to break the deadlock in Okinawa Prefecture over the controversial relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station...
Disaster victims thank U.S. Forces Japan for relief ...
Lt. Gen. Burton Field, commander of United States Forces Japan (second from left), receives a "tairyo-bata," a flag that is hoisted on a fishing boat to signal big catches, from a group of citizens on July 25. (Mari Endo)
July 26, 2011
Residents of Miyagi Prefecture thanked the head of U.S Forces Japan on July 25 for the United States' relief effort following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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