Thousands of people surrounded Japan's parliament on Sunday to protest against government plans to relocate a U.S. military base on Okinawa island, local media reported.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to suspend work on moving a U.S. Marine base and talk about the contentious relocation on the southern island of Okinawa. Abe said Friday he is accepting a court proposal not to force the land reclamation work…

Japanese police have arrested an American working on a U.S. military base in Okinawa on suspicion of abandoning the body of a woman who had been missing since last month. The arrest Thursday sparked outrage on Okinawa, where anti-U.S. military sentiment is…

A US Marine Corps pilot ejected safely when his fighter jet crashed into the waters off the Japanese island of Okinawa, officials said.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey crashed roughly 6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, on Tuesday, marking the second crash of a Marine aircraft in the area in less than a week, two Pentagon officials told Fox News.

The United States and Japan held a ceremony on Wednesday marking the U.S. military's return of nearly 10,000 acres (4,046 hectares) of land on Okinawa island to the Japanese government, the largest transfer since 1972.

Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Nicholas James-McLean had been driving under the influence of alcohol.

U.S. Forces Japan comprises about 50,000 service members, and their presence has been a source of tension among local residents for years.

The Navy is conducting search and rescue operations, cause of crash still unknown.

Eight personnel have been transferred to the aircraft carrier for medical assistance but are in "good condition," the U.S. Navy said in a tweet.

Judge Toshihiro Shibata upheld prosecutors’ demands for life imprisonment.

It's the latest incident angering locals who are calling for all US troops to leave the island.