A local teacher explains to school students about the collective suicides during the Battle of Okinawa. Credit: Cristian Martini Grimaldi In the Kerama Islands, just off the coast of Okinawa ...

NAHA—The sight of white crabs with long, slender legs and tiny, dot-like eyes drew a yelp of astonishment from Yoshihisa Fujita, even though the researcher was submerged deep in the sea in a submarine ...

Ken Wainwright showed Rodrigo Franco ('25) and Artem Ilyanok ('27) a map of Shuri Castle and gestured in the ... led a desperate attempt to repel American forces from the island of Okinawa. Staff ride ...

(Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight prefectures in the Kyushu-Yamaguchi region in ...

Disembarking at Terminal 2, which is a largely industrial area, means it won’t exactly be a scenic route as you follow Google Maps ... Okinawa or perhaps that’s just how laidback the island ...

Keiko Itokazu Okinawans have long felt caught between the United States and Japan, which sent troops to claim the Okinawan island chain in the 1870s. Prior to that, Okinawa was known as the ...

The United States RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft flew several spying missions near the coast of China this month, according to Newsweek's map ... hub on Japan's Okinawa Island.

The relocation started with 100 members of III Marine Expeditionary Force stationed on Okinawa moving to the Pacific island for the initial logistical work, AP reported. Under the plan agreed ...

When Japan’s military displays graphs showing the rising number of incursions by Russian and Chinese fighter jets in their airspace over the past decade, the map ... on the island of Okinawa.

Information garnered from the data will help determine detailed operating characteristics ... its forward deployment location on Japan's Okinawa Island. It also flew a nearly nine-hour sortie ...

Japan’s southernmost prefecture, Okinawa is home to more than 150 islands and is known for its balmy weather and gorgeous sandy beaches. The subtropical destination has a complex history ...