2 dead after 2 boats carrying students capsize off U.S. base construction site in southern Japan

Coast guard rescuers pulled all 21 people out of the water, but a 17-year-old female student and the captain of Fukutsu were later pronounced dead, officials said. Two people were injured but their ...

Boats capsize off US air base construction site on Okinawa, two dead

Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa. The Japan Coast Guard said 18 of them were students ...
Opinion

Editorial: US stance on conditions for return of Futenma base in Okinawa lacks reasoning

Does the United States intend to renege on its bilateral agreement with Japan and keep the Futenma base? Such doubts are unavoidable.The U.S. Departme･･･ ...