The US military sector is struggling to recruit sufficient personnel as the nation's youth are losing interest in joining the military. Consequently, the armed forces are experiencing large shortfalls in enlistment for various posts.

New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has moved his office closer to a US military base in the center of Seoul, and opened a park in the area on a trial basis.

Many Japanese people, particularly Okinawans, are against the continued heavy American military presence and are protesting to draw attention to the issue.

A barrage of rockets reportedly hit a military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria’s oil-rich northeastern province of Hasakah, but the casualties and the extent of the damage was still unclear.

Combat drones have reportedly hit the US-run Ain al-Asad airbase in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, with the extent of the damage still being unclear.

The United States military is under fire over its failure to guard against civilian casualties after a high profile drone strike on August 29th 2022 in Kabul Afghanistan claimed the lives of 10 civilians, including seven children.

Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture reports record daily coronavirus infections fueled by the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant largely blamed on US forces stationed there.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has urged the US to impose restrictions on the troops stationed in Japan amid a spread of COVID-19 cases among the US military personnel.

A military base housing US occupation forces in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has reportedly come under a rocket attack, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Japan is considering declaring a state of emergency in the southern island of Okinawa, after the region emerged as the epicenter of a new coronavirus surge, with officials saying the virus keeps spreading from US bases.