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U.S. Bearing Most of Financial Burden for Overseas Bases, Says Report
April 17 by Mike O'BrienThe U.S. is bearing too much of the financial burden for bases in Germany, Japan and South Korea, a new report says. The study by the Senate Armed Services Committee, which comes after a year-long...
U.S. to Give Back Okinawa Air Base to Japan
April 05 by Mike O'BrienThe U.S. announced an agreement on Friday to hand back the air base in Okinawa to Japan. If another location on the southern Japanese island can be found, the U.S. Marines' Futenma air base could...
U.S. and Japan Ink New Cooperation Rules Amid Tension with China
January 17 by IDGA EditorFor the first time in 15 years, U.S. Defense officials began talks on Thursday, January 17, with their Japanese counterparts on strategic cooperation amid mounting tensions with China. The aim is...