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U.S. Marines, Japanese Forces to Drill in Southwestern Japan in Iron Fist Exercise
U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...
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Japanese prosecutors drop sexual assault case against Marine on Okinawa
Japanese prosecutors on Okinawa will not pursue charges against a U.S. Marine accused of sexually assaulting and injuring a ...
Top Marine general says moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam ‘puts us going the wrong way’
The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to relocate about 9,000 Marines from Okinawa to other locations in the Pacific.
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Okinawa loses final appeal in lawsuit over future Marine Corps airfield
Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...
National Interest on MSN5d
The U.S. Marine Corps Is Backing Out of the Pacific
The redeployment of U.S. forces to Guam and other locations has already been met with sharp criticism from Marine Corps ...
Defense News on MSN9d
Japan passes record defense budget, while still playing catch-up
Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...
Pacific Daily News8d
Commandant: Relocating Marines to Guam 'going the wrong way'; Underwood says comment not surprising
Moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam “puts us going the wrong way,” Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith told reporters at ...
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Top Marine says relocation to Guam ‘going the wrong way’
As the initial stages of the U.S. Marine Corps relocation from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam take place, Gen. Eric Smith, ...