The area occupied by the Futenma facility was initially expected to be returned to Okinawa in fiscal 2022 at the earliest, assuming the new facility would be completed by then. But the central ...

Even though the Okinawa Prefectural Government has called for an additional survey, the central government has not complied with the request. To begin with, under current technology it is only ...

Okinawa Prefecture’s years-long battle to stop the central government building a U.S. base on its soil has come to naught after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal over the last lawsuit on ...

The commandant of the Marine Corps expressed concern Wednesday over a U.S. agreement with the Japanese government that requires the service to move thousands of its troops off of Okinawa.

A U.S. Marine was not indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman last year in Okinawa Prefecture, prosecutors said. The serviceman in his 30s, who is in U.S. custody, was referred to ...

The Japanese and U.S. governments must accelerate efforts to ensure that the burden on Okinawa Prefecture, where many U.S. military bases are concentrated, is reduced. The transfer of U.S. Marines ...

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 ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this critical U.S. installation may be the ...

It began with the first, full-scale ground battle at Nakagusuku in central Okinawa. More than 5,500 people, about one-third of the village, eventually lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa.

The Ministry of Defense plans to build a new training ground for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in the central area of Okinawa's main island. The Indo-Pacific’s increasingly unstable ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

Junglia Okinawa, a new theme park located in northern Okinawa’s lush jungle, is set to open in July 2025—and it’s unlike ...