Our military presence in Japan supports critical American global interests and helps us to fulfill global responsibilities. For these reasons, close security cooperation with Japan is indispensible.Joseph Nye. Joseph Nye
In this file photo dated May 3, 2024, protesters rally against the construction of US military bases in Okinawa, in southern Japan, as they take part in a rally for peace on Constitution Day in Tokyo. (PHOTO / AFP) TOKYO - The US Navy's amphibious transport dock shipUSS San Diegoand ...
Once known as a "sympathy" budget, host-nation supporthas been controversial in Japan, with public uproar over spending on things like golf courses and bowling alleys on military bases, and more broadly on theimpact of the large American troop presenceon Japanese communities. But Tokyo has stop...
Some 50,000 U.S. troops aredeployed in Japanunder a bilateral security pact, about half of them on Okinawa, whose strategic role is seen increasingly important for the Japan-U.S. military alliance in the face of growing tensions with China. Japan's southwest...
The United States has spent decades trying and failing to encircle and contain China, from the CIA training Tibetan separatists in the 1950s, Washington's backing of the Republic of China on Taiwan, the Vietnam War, all the way up to the US military presence in Japan and South Korea. The...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is behind the security agreement with the US, and wants Japan to take on a bigger military role on the international stage. But those at the rally disagree. “This is not how we want the country to be,” said university student Jinshiro Motoyama. “...
Japan hosts 18,000 US Marines, the biggest concentration outside the US. Most of them are in bases on the main Okinawan island. The large US military presence has fueled local resentment, with Okinawa's government asking other parts of Japan to host some of the force. In total, there are...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese diplomats expressed their strong opposition to an expanded United States military presence in the Philippines in closed-door talks with their Filipino counterparts Thursday in Manila, a Filipino official said, underscoring the intense U.S.-China rivalry in the reg...
Meanwhile, Japan’s military, especially its Maritime Self-Defense Force, has been increasing its presence far from its national shores. Japanese troops have conducted joint or multilateral exercises with a range of partners, including India, Australia and the Philippines as well as the US. ...
South Korea is not the only Asian country where the US has deployed its military bases. The country currently has tens of thousands of troops located in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and elsewhere in the Pacific.