U.S. tightens COVID-19 infection controls at bases in Japan as cases surge

February’s ... Japan requested that the United States strengthen COVID-19 countermeasures at military installations within Japan, including restrictions on people leaving base, the Kyodo news ... Read More

What U.S.-Japan defense shakeup will involve and why

The United States says next week's summit between ... the leaders are expected to discuss plans to reform the U.S. military command in Japan to make it better able to function with Japanese ... Read More

Japan designates U.S. bases in Okinawa as security-linked sites

The government has designated 184 sites in 28 of the country's 47 prefectures as critical to national security in the fourth round of such designations. U.S. military ... you can help us get ... Read More

U.S. eyes revamped military command in Japan, reports say

Washington and Tokyo are planning to announce an agreement to restructure the U.S. military’s command in Japan when Prime Minister ... By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Read More

Japan, U.S. must rethink Okinawa base plan, says Iwate governor

“As a sovereign nation, there should be no way to allow a new U.S. military base ... Japan is overly dependent on the United States. While maintaining its cooperative relationship with the ... Read More

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an AP investigation has found ... Read More

Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press ... Read More

18+ Military Bases We Didn't Know the U.S. Has

If you thought the U.S. Military ... and US civilian employees, according to the base's official website. The Ramstein Air Base has also been mentioned and featured countless times throughout ... Read More

COVID-19 Variant JN.1 Loses Ground to Emerging Subvariant

JN.1, which began to take hold in the U.S. late last year, was responsible for 86% of new COVID-19 infections over the past two weeks, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control ... Read More

U.S. Set to Expand Naval Base in Papua New Guinea

US Navy Photo In an effort to push back China’s influence and expand its presence in Oceania, the U.S. is renovating Lombrum Naval Base ... News Graphic The 2020 redevelopment includes a new ... Read More

How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry

TSMC over the past four years has committed to build new fabs in the United States, Japan and Germany. On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department ... Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times On the ... Read More

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The European settlement of what would become New York was led by ... killed by the officer’s returning fire Best States is an interactive platform developed by U.S. News for ranking the 50 ... Read More