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1 week ago | 
stripes.com | Keishi Koja |Alex Wilson
The British patrol ship HMS Spey, seen here near the Malay Peninsula in April 2025, passed through the Taiwan Strait on June 18, 2025. (British navy) A British patrol ship passed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, less than a week after a Japanese destroyer made a similar trip through the contentious waterway.
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1 week ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
A U.S. Marine was arrested following a hit-and-run crash on Route 58 in Naha, Okinawa, May 25, 2025. (Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes) NAHA, Okinawa — Japanese prosecutors have indicted a U.S. Marine who allegedly fled the scene of a drunken driving crash last month that injured four people, including two children. Lance Cpl.
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2 weeks ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
A Chinese J-15 carrier-based fighter flew unusually close to a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft twice over the weekend, Japan's Ministry of Defense said June 11, 2025. (Japan’s Ministry of Defense) Chinese fighter jets had two close encounters with Japanese patrol aircraft as Beijing’s two aircraft carriers operated simultaneously in the Pacific for the first time, according to Japan’s military.
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2 weeks ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
Japanese soldiers remove a U.S.-made, 5-inch shell from an explosion-proof container after defusing it in Yaese, Okinawa, June 11, 2025. (Brian McElhiney/Stars and Stripes) YAESE, Okinawa — Japanese troops demonstrated a new, explosion-proof container Wednesday that improves safety during the removal of unexploded U.S.-made ordnance leftover from World War II.
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2 weeks ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
This undated photo shows the entrance to Kadena Air Base, home to the 18th Wing on Okinawa. (Jessi Roth/U.S. Air Force) An explosion occurred Monday at the northern section of a munitions storage area on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, according to the Air Force.
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2 weeks ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
Naha District Court, which also houses the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court on Okinawa, is pictured on Dec. 20, 2024. (Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes) NAHA, Okinawa — Prosecutors on Monday called for a 10-year prison sentence for a U.S. Marine accused of strangling and injuring a Japanese woman during an attempted sexual assault last year on Okinawa. Lance Cpl.
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3 weeks ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton trains at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, March 7, 2024. (Matthew Morales/U.S. Marine Corps) NAHA, Okinawa — A U.S. Marine accused of injuring a woman during an attempted sexual assault told a Japanese court Thursday he was “not violent” and spent only five minutes at her home. Lance Cpl.
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3 weeks ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
In Japan, appeals typically do not include reexamination of witnesses or new evidence and are instead limited to oral arguments by attorneys and prosecutors. (Pixabay) NAHA, Okinawa — A U.S. airman convicted in Japan of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor is scheduled to begin his appeal trial next month, according to court documents.
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3 weeks ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
Media members stand outside Naha District Court on Okinawa following the first trial day for a U.S. Marine accused of attempted sexual assault, June 2, 2025. (Brian McElhiney/Stars and Stripes) NAHA, Okinawa — A U.S. Marine accused of strangling and injuring a Japanese woman during an attempted sexual assault appeared in Japanese court Monday and denied the charges against him. Lance Cpl.
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1 month ago | 
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Keishi Koja
U.S. service members and Okinawa police patrol Gate 2 Street in Okinawa city, Okinawa, April 19, 2025. (Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes) CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — U.S. service members and Japanese authorities are slated to conduct a second joint overnight patrol in the wake of a series of high-profile criminal cases involving American troops.
