Living and working in different locations, whenever and wherever one likes. That type of nomadic and free lifestyle, helped by the prevalent internet access, has ...
Tatsuya Ichihashi went on the lam for more than 2½ years after strangling 22-year-old Lindsay Ann Hawker in March 2007. On the eve of a new film based on t.
"The last time I met Ichihashi-kun was in April 2012, just before he appealed his sentence. He said to me, 'I want to atone for my crime in a way no one can know.
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan's Ministry of Defense is asking U.S. military officials for inspections and maintenance on Marine Corps CH-53E helicopters ...
Gabriel A. Olivero had been reported to U.S. military police in January for sexually assaulting the woman, whose name has not been released, during a breakup, ...
Imagine kayaking serenely through a mangrove forest as tropical birds sing all around you. If you're lucky, you might spot a crested serpent eagle perched on a ...
Created in March by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Karl to help Marines without cars or a lot of spending money, Fidelis Rides provides free lifts on Friday and Saturday ...
Five years ago, I discovered a lovely Greek restaurant housed in an old metal shipping container on Ikei Island, part of a small island chain on the east side of ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Marine Corps officials said a half-ounce piece of rubber that fell onto a busy Okinawa middle school tennis court Tuesday came off ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor was killed at a base in Kagoshima prefecture this week while working on an aircraft ...
The Japanese man accused of murdering Lindsay Hawker has apologised to her family for raping and strangling the British teacher, but he denied intent to kill in ...
Shortage of wheelchair-accessible hotel rooms remains issue for Tokyo 2020 organizers who say they are committed to using the Paralympics to make Japan a ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Pilot error was to blame for the F-15C Eagle crash into the ocean south of Okinawa in June that left an Air Force pilot in serious ...
A pair of Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bombers first breached Japan's airspace at 8:53 a.m. Thursday; a single plane again entered the country's airspace at 10:21 ...
Michael Edward Applegate was en route to Okinawa for a new job as a civilian firefighter at White Beach Naval Facility when he was arrested after a loaded ...
The issue was first raised on Labor Day, Sept. 2, when the Zamami Island beach patrol posted photos of litter to Instagram. Village officials said the trash was left ...
This is the first time Japanese police will be called to respond to territorial incursions near the Senkaku islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Japanese government declined to establish a new deadline for closing Marine Corps Air Station Futenma after being pressed ...
A ceremony, held on the anniversary of the day fighting ended on Okinawa in 1945, served as a tribute to the thousands of American servicemembers, Japanese ...
China Coast Guard ships also entered Japanese-controlled waters on July 10, according to a spokesman for Japan's 11th Regional Coast Guard. Four vessels ...
Coast Guard officials requested that the unnamed Marine pilot be charged with negligence resulting in an aircraft crash under Japanese aviation law, which ...
The number of jets Japan scrambled to intercept Chinese aircraft approaching its airspace rose sharply in fiscal year 2018, according to the nation's Ministry of ...
Just over half of Okinawa's 1.15 million registered voters turned out Sunday to deliver a resounding “no” vote in a referendum on the plan to relocate Marine ...
After Golden Week, Okinawa usually marches into tsuyu, or rainy season, which lasts until late June. For some, the gloomy sky and constant rain makes them ...
TOKYO -- A new drifting lifestyle is catching on among young people in Japan. Calling themselves "address hoppers," their aim is to work while living place to ...
MCAS Futenma is in a densely packed urban area in central Okinawa, which has given rise to safety concerns. The plan is to close Futenma and relocate ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Officials on Okinawa are warning people to be wary of habu snakes on Marine Corps bases after the lack of a mowing contract has ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The spokesman for all Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the Pacific region was arrested in Okinawa over the ...
Bill says: 'When I went up to give my evidence he was only a few feet away from us. I wanted to do things to him, but I wasn't going to let Lindsay down.
A private contractor dredging the seabed Tuesday morning discovered the 1100-pound bomb in soil reclaimed for a second runway under construction at ...
Twenty-one-year-old Yuka Takaoka stabbed a man in an apartment in Tokyo's Shinjuku district in late May, leaving him in a critical condition. During questi.
CHATAN, Okinawa — Two months after arriving in Okinawa, Air Force Master Sgt. Roger Halle found himself resuscitating a 4-year-old boy who nearly drowned ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – A civilian contractor working on Okinawa was arrested Sunday morning after a deadly collision with a motorcyclist on the southern ...
TOKYO — A pair of Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilots were rescued Wednesday morning after their Mitsubishi F-2B fighter crashed into the Sea of Japan near ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese police and U.S. military officials are investigating after someone broke into a Marine Corps base and detonated a pair of ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Marine Corps is investigating after a pair of Marines were injured Friday when their utility vehicle crashed along an Okinawa ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan solidified defenses in its southern island chain late last month with the addition of three military bases aimed at providing a ...
Senior Airman Timaan Garnes, 24, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving at about 8:40 a.m. Sunday after he rear-ended a vehicle, which then crashed ...
Retired Lt. Gen. Kunio Orita, now a guest professor at Toyo Gakuen University in Tokyo, recently told Stars and Stripes he expects Beijing will attempt to expand ...
Matthew M. Burke and Aya Ichihashi Stars and Stripes. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki has appealed to U.S. officials to shutter Marine Corps Air Station Futenma ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki has appealed to U.S. officials to shutter Marine Corps Air Station Futenma despite construction delays ...
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki will assemble his own panel of advisers to explore alternatives to relocating Marine Corps Air Station Futenma elsewhere on the ...
Senior Airman Zachary Lamont Ransom was taken into custody at about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving after his vehicle rear-ended a ...
Hawaii is probably the most iconic and popular vacation destination for people around the world. And yet, I was not surprised to hear that Okinawa welcomed ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Residents of a town near Kadena Air Base are being told to stay away from untreated spring water after high levels of a banned ...
The Air Force RC-135S Cobra Ball flies missions on behalf of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is equipped with “a sophisticated array of optical and electronic ...
Tamae Hindman was apparently stabbed to death April 13 in her Chatan apartment by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Olivero, according to Okinawa Prefectural ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Two U.S. Marines were injured Thursday when their Humvee was rear-ended by a 2-ton truck that went on to hit another vehicle on ...
The book's title is "Setagaya Ikka Satsujin Jiken: Jugonen-me no Shin Jijitsu" (The Setagaya Family Murder Case: 15 years on, the new facts). Released by ...
Businesses in Britain are coming up with inventive ways to try to broaden the appeal of sake to European palates as Japan looks to increase sales in developed ...
(Reuters Life!) - A book by a Japanese man accused of killing a British English teacher in a 2007 crime that riveted Japan and how he evaded capture by police ...
Thanks to its sub-tropical climate, some beaches in Okinawa are open to visitors all year round. But, that doesn't mean celebrating beach openings on ...
The Work Truck Show 2019, featuring the first Manufacturer and Distributor Innovation Conference, and a new option to attend the Green Truck Summit and ...
Japanese Tatsuya Ichihashi had previously denied killing the 22-year-old teacher, whose strangled body was found in his apartment buried in a sand-filled bath.
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan's Self-Defense Forces are considering new female training units to accommodate an influx of female recruits that is expected ...
Businesses in Britain are coming up with inventive ways to try to broaden the appeal of sake to suit European palates as Japan looks to increase sales in d.
Grieving parents Bill and Julia branded the film about Tatsuya Ichihashi, who raped and murdered their daughter in his Tokyo flat, "an insult to Lindsay's ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Okinawa-based airman arrested last month for allegedly failing to report for duty and having a weapon in his possession has ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japanese high court has upheld a guilty verdict for an Okinawan protest leader convicted of anti-U.S. base activities on the ...
The Japanese government plans to expand landfill work as early as March on a new U.S. military runway that will lead to the closure of Marine Corps Air Station ...
A new program launched by the USO at Camp Foster on Okinawa offers military families with children the opportunity to bond and interact using immersive ...
Marine Maj. William Easter was preparing for a run on the Okinawa seawall near American Village when he saw an exhausted man who had made it to shore ...
The parents of Lindsay Hawker, the British teacher raped and murdered in Japan in 2007, have called on the man found guilty of the crimes to “appreciate what ...
About 70 Green Berets stationed on Okinawa and in Alaska participated in this year's event, jumping 5500 feet from JGSDF helicopters, while the Japanese ...
It has been more than four years since Lindsay Ann Hawker, a British teacher, was found dead in a Tokyo bathtub. Here is a timeline of events surrounding her ...
A pair of Air Force CV-22 Ospreys made an unscheduled landing on a southern Japanese island Monday after a warning light came on in one of the tiltrotor ...
A YOUNG British woman raped and killed by one of her Japanese students tried to persuade him to let her go after he had sexually assaulted her by promising ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. military has informed the Japan Self-Defense Forces of plans to conduct a missile test around Okinawa later this year as a ...
Safety issues forced a pair of F-15 fighter jets to land on the same runway — in opposite directions — within minutes of each other this week at the Air Force's ...
