Home to World War II sites and a distinct “Blue Zone” culinary culture, Okinawa has long been a secret getaway for locals, and serves as a refreshing alternative to Japan’s more well-trodden ...

Precautionary landings of U.S. military aircraft on Okinawa since 2007 have been met with increased cooperation between the United States and Japan, Moriwaki added. “I believe the results of the ...

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s capital city over the weekend. Five members of the Japan Ground Self ...

About 19,000 Marines are currently stationed in Okinawa. The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to move about 9,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam and other locations in the Pacific, including ...

A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey transport aircraft has accidentally dropped a cargo pallet weighing 400-450 kilograms into waters near Ie Island in Okinawa Prefecture, prefectural officials said Tuesday.

Part of that plan includes booting roughly 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa, an island that accounts for less than 1% of Japan's total land mass, but houses 70% of all U.S. military facilities in the ...

A Chinese woman who made headlines two years ago by claiming on social media to have bought an island in Okinawa is planning ... 10 years ago after studying in Japan and founded a dining business.

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Visiting Okinawa, I was struck by how much it didn't feel like I was in Japan. Not only are the vast majority of buildings made of concrete, but they are designed in a unique Okinawan way.

Cargo weighing 400 to 450 kilograms dropped from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft was blown off course and ended up in waters near a small island in Okinawa in southern Japan, a prefectural government ...

A cherry blossom festival is attracting people to a mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of other places in the country. About 7,000 cherry trees of the hikanzakura variety are ...

Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which were ...