Tokyo — The Pentagon is expected to announce that the U.S. will upgrade U.S. Forces Japan to a Joint Force Headquarters run by a three-star commander, a major step in U.S.-Japan plans to enhance their ...

U.S. Forces Japan and the U.S. Fifth Air Force hold a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on October 8, 2024. The new commander of U.S. forces in Japan, Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, ...

TOKYO—The Pentagon will upgrade and expand its three-star command in Japan to handle operational control of U.S. forces based there, part of an effort to deepen ties between the U.S. and Japanese ...