The birthplace of karate also holds a deeply rooted connection to spirituality and nature. Here’s how to plan a visit to this ...

I sincerely hope that Okinawa's wish for peace will spread' through the event, Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said in an opening ...

For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion ...

U.S. service members and Japanese authorities are slated to conduct a second joint overnight patrol in the wake of a series ...

Okinawa has seen a series of sexual assault and other incidents involving U.S. military personnel since last year.

Two U.S. Marine Corps members have been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture over separate alleged incidents involving a ...

Two sisters in their 80s of Japanese descent in the Philippines who had been stateless before being granted citizenship from ...

China has removed a buoy it had installed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone off a remote southwestern island, the Japan ...

The Japanese government has confirmed that China has removed its last remaining buoy from Japan's exclusive economic zone off Okinawa.

A survey by the Okinawan government found that levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” in water supplies near U.S. military bases ...

For the first time in 62 years, a region other than Okinawa Prefecture or the Amami islands in far southern Japan is in the grip of the rainy season before anywhere else.

A scholar's note related to a secret nuclear pact on Okinawa's reversion from US rule will be donated to the prefecture.