A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said.

A fire on a U.S. Navy ship off Japan was finally put out after 12 hours early Thursday (August 21, 2025), the U.S. military ...

Four Japanese ships spent the night dousing the blaze that tore through the 2,433-ton ship. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It also faces calls from Washington to spend more on its own defence, mirroring pressure from the US on Europe.

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A fire broke out Wednesday on the USS New Orleans warship off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, leaving two sailors with minor injuries.