Exhibit Honors Japanese Americans Who Fought for US in WWII While Their Families Were Locked Up A new traveling exhibit tells the story of Japanese American soldiers who fought for the U.S. in World War II, even as their...
Kuribayashi, Nishi and the Japanese Troops Who Chose Death Over Surrender at Iwo Jima Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most...
What the Next Round of US–Japan Base Negotiations Could Mean for Troops and Families in 2026 US Japan base negotiations ahead of the 2026 cost-sharing deadline will shape force posture, Okinawa realignment, and daily...
Trump Taps New Marine Commander for Key US Force in Japan Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson has been tasked to lead the Marine Corps’ only permanently forward-deployed force in Japan, placing...
Japanese American Soldiers Once Branded 'Enemy Aliens' Promoted Posthumously Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony, eight decades after they died fighting...
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles into Sea Between Korean Peninsula and Japan North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, according to its neighbors, as the North...
Japan and the Philippines Sign New Defense Pact as They Face Growing China Aggression Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other...
Xi Is Testing Japan’s Ties With Trump by Escalating Trade Battle China is testing Donald Trump’s support for America’s top ally in Asia by imposing export controls on Japan months after the...
US Says China’s Taiwan Drills ‘Unnecessarily’ Raised Tensions The PLA simulated a blockade of the global chip hub for two days this week with live-fire exercises encircling the island.
Taiwan’s President Pledges to Defend Island’s Sovereignty After Chinese Military Drills China recently wrapped up live-fire drills around Taiwan featuring rocket launches, aircraft and warships.
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...
Left Face Down in the Mud: How an Air Force Veteran, Amputee Found Hope A life-changing injury and having to raise three kids alone made Jason Morgan more resolute in the long run.
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
SNL Mocks Iran Conflict as Pete Hegseth Calls It a ‘Situationship’ “This isn’t a war, it’s a situationship.” SNL skewers tensions with Iran in a wild press briefing sketch starring Colin Jost...
![WWII Japanese American Exhibit](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-03/ApNewsroom_WWII_Japanese_American_Exhibit_12259.jpg?itok=DfAr1ess "Rosalyn Tonai, Executive Director at the National Japanese American Historical Society, walks through the "I am an American: The Nisei Soldier Experience" exhibit during an interview at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)")
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/world-news-uschina-military-drills-filepic-get.jpg?itok=M5NzlIEf "A Taiwanese air force Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu on Dec. 29, 2025. China launched "major" military exercises around Taiwan on December 29, in what it called a "stern warning" involving live-fire drills in waters and airspace near the island. Taiwan said Monday it had detected four Chinese coastguard ships near the island's waters. (Cheng Yu-Chen/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)")
