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transcosmos Opens "BPO Center Okinawa Urasoe," a dedicated hub for Managed Service Operations

PR Newswire 12 Feb 2026
In collaboration with transcosmos Okinawa IDC/MSP Center Okinawa, a center located in the Okinawa Electric Power Company and providing managed services since 2007, transcosmos will further strengthen ...
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Navy Seabee battalion that provided namesake for Okinawa base returns to island

Stars and Stripes 11 Feb 2026
A Navy Seabee unit with historic ties to Okinawa has returned to the island to support exercises and building projects across the Indo-Pacific region ... Deployed to Okinawa again in 1969, the battalion assisted recovery efforts after Typhoon Cora.
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Think tank calls for keeping Guam-bound Marines on Okinawa to counter China

Stars and Stripes 09 Feb 2026
foreign policy think tank is urging Washington to renegotiate a decades-old agreement with Japan to reduce the Marine Corps presence on Okinawa, arguing that the deal should instead be reversed to strengthen deterrence against China.
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Marine expeditionary brigade on Okinawa changes hands ahead of Iron Fist drills

Stars and Stripes 06 Feb 2026
CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa — An infantry officer with experience in Okinawa, Italy, Iraq and Afghanistan has taken command of the Marine Corps’ only permanently deployed expeditionary brigade ... Okinawa.
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US airman refuses to pay restitution after Okinawa sexual assault conviction

Stars and Stripes 05 Feb 2026
NAHA, Okinawa — A U.S. airman convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Okinawa is facing a civil trial after objecting to a court order requiring him to pay the victim about $17,500.
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Parachute jumps over American base draw fresh protests from Okinawa leaders

Stars and Stripes 04 Feb 2026
KADENA TOWN, Okinawa — Local leaders lodged complaints this week after U.S ... During that period, Kadena’s 18th Wing shifted parachute training to Ridout, drawing objections from Okinawa prefectural officials ... Okinawa Gov ... Okinawa.
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Japan’s Supreme Court dismisses convicted US airman’s final appeal in sexual assault case

Stars and Stripes 03 Feb 2026
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan’s highest court has upheld a U.S. airman’s conviction for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl just over two years ago on Okinawa ... Okinawa.
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C-130H transport aircraft makes emergency landing in Okinawa: Air Force

Yonhap News 30 Jan 2026
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- A C-130H transport aircraft made an emergency landing ....
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Foaming manhole near Marine air station on Okinawa sparks PFAS probe

Stars and Stripes 30 Jan 2026
GINOWAN CITY, Okinawa — A city in central Okinawa will test its water for “forever chemicals” after residents discovered a white foam oozing from a manhole near a Marine Corps airfield on Thursday ... and Japanese forces. U.S ... The U.S ... Okinawa. .
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Chinese warship sail near Okinawa after US-Philippine drills in South China Sea

Stars and Stripes 29 Jan 2026
Japan tracked four Chinese warships transiting a strategic waterway near Okinawa this week, a move that followed U.S.-Philippine military drills near a contested South China Sea atoll that drew complaints from Beijing ... Okinawa.
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Japanese court awards $16.3 million over aircraft noise from Air Force base on Okinawa

Stars and Stripes 29 Jan 2026
NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court has awarded about $16.3 million to Okinawans affected by Kadena Air Base aircraft noise, the latest ruling in a long-running series of lawsuits over noise from U.S ... Naha District Court’s Okinawa city branch on Jan.
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K-drama star Cha Eun-woo faces scrutiny, life expectancy in Okinawa: 7 Asia highlights

South China Morning Post 27 Jan 2026
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Beyond Audubon - The Unexpected World of Okinawa Bullfighting

Image Atlantic News Telegraph 27 Jan 2026
Okinawa is full of history and rich traditions, some of which are a little odd to most Americans stationed there. Without a doubt, one of the strangest events I attended in Okinawa was a bullfight.
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Japanese gov't ordered to pay damages to Okinawa residents over U.S. base noise

China.dot.org 26 Jan 2026
Kadena Air Base in Okinawa over aircraft noise, Kyodo News reported on Monday ... 23 and made public on Monday, the Naha District Court's Okinawa branch ruled that the ...
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Quick repair by Marine keeps critical radar functioning on Okinawa

Stars and Stripes 26 Jan 2026
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – The chief of naval operations has recognized a Marine staff sergeant for repairing a sophisticated radar system used to defend troops against aerial threats ... Okinawa, Nov.

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