NAHA—In a case that drew outrage in Okinawa Prefecture, a U.S. airman was sentenced to five years in prison on Dec. 13 over the abduction and rape of a girl under 16. The Naha District Court found ...

NAHA, Okinawa — A U.S. airman convicted on Dec. 13 in Japanese court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl last year on Okinawa has appealed the verdict. Senior Airman Brennon Washington, 25, of ...

Tokyo — Japan's government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa.

NAHA--Okinawa prosecutors have charged a U.S. serviceman over the suspected kidnapping and sexual misconduct committed against an underage girl around Christmas last year, sources said June 25.

Upon first arriving at El Lequio one Friday night in late September, I can’t shake the feeling that things are out of place. Outside, a sign in brass lettering beckons me in, an understated exterior ...

Every Friday and Saturday night from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., two staff noncommissioned officers clad in conservative civilian attire stroll the Kitamea Street outside Camp Foster’s Gate 2 in the name of ...