A verdict and sentence are expected later this month for Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, who was accused of strangling and injuring a Japanese woman during an attempted sexual assault last year on Okinawa.

An explosion occurred at the northern section of a munitions storage area on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, according to the Air Force.

A U.S. Marine accused of injuring a woman during an attempted sexual assault told a Japanese court he was “not violent” and spent only five minutes at her home.

A U.S. airman convicted in Japan of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor is scheduled to begin his appeal trial next month, according to court documents.

A U.S. Marine accused of strangling and injuring a Japanese woman during an attempted sexual assault appeared in Japanese court Monday and denied the charges against him.

U.S. service members and Japanese authorities are slated to conduct a second joint overnight patrol in the wake of a series of high-profile criminal cases involving American troops.

A Japanese court on Thursday handed a suspended sentence to a U.S. civilian for smoking and possessing marijuana at his Okinawa home early this year.

A fire sparked by live-fire training scorched more than 215,000 square feet at a Marine Corps rifle range in northern Okinawa, marking the second such blaze in as many months, according to U.S. military and Japanese officials.

A U.S. Marine was arrested over the weekend after allegedly fleeing a drunken driving crash that injured four members of a Japanese family, including two children.

Japan has, for the first time, identified human remains from the Battle of Okinawa using only DNA testing, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a recent announcement.