The Japanese people will of course rise up against the relocation of a US military base in Okinawa, says a journalist.

Around 70,000 people in Japan protest a government plan to relocate and expand a US air base on Okinawa Island.

The Iran women’s national under-21 karate team wins the 17th edition of Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) Cadet, Junior & U-21 Championships.

There’s been a large demonstration in a busy shopping district of Tokyo against the construction of a US base on Okinawa island.

Japan has asked the United States to provide explanations following an incident in which a US fighter jet dumped its two fuel tanks into a lake in northern Japan.

A number of US Navy sailors based in Japan are being investigated for allegedly using and selling drugs to local Japanese people, a spokesperson for the United States Seventh Fleet has confirmed.

A Japanese army Apache attack helicopter has crashed in western Japan, killing one of two people on board.

A Japanese politician opposed to US military presence on Japan’s Okinawa Island is leading the mayoral vote in Nago.

An American military helicopter has made an emergency landing on a remote Japanese island.

Japanese protesters have staged a sit-in trying to obstruct the construction of a new American base on the southern island of Okinawa.