An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...

Okinawa in Japan is a Blue Zone - one of five places in the world where people live longer and healthier than anywhere else ...

Central and Okinawa prefectural government officials participated in the exercise, which involved evacuating residents of the Sakishima islands located southwest of the main Okinawa island and ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

China has made extensive use of malinformation. Its story about the Okinawa protests – headlined “Okinawan People Demand ...

ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--When underwater photographer Kazushige Horiguchi dived in waters off Ishigakijima island, he saw that a "miracle" had occurred. Horiguchi has taken pictures of coral ...

Of the estimated 188,140 Japanese killed in the Battle of Okinawa, most of their remains had been collected and placed in the national cemetery on the island, the health ministry says. Around 1400 ...

KIN BLUE BEACH, Okinawa — An hourlong amphibious landing ... which concludes Friday, is strengthening island defense and amphibious capabilities. For the third consecutive year, Iron Fist ...

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles in the ...

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture. Once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom, this beautiful chain of subtropical islands has its own traditions of dance, crafts, music, and karate. The ancient ...

Today, with more than 35 inhabited islands, Okinawa features a unique culture alongside wild nature. Its numerous beaches, which have the longest open season in Japan of roughly seven months ...