to books on the history of each municipality. Takazato and her colleagues believe many sexual assault cases in Okinawa Prefecture are a result of the prefecture being forced to shoulder a ...

The Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was one of the bloodiest of World War II. More than 200,000 people were killed during the three months of fighting, more than half of them civilians. Okinawans were ...

Gen. Eric Smith said the planned transfer of Okinawa-based Marines to Guam in the coming years will distance the force from a ...

Both Okinawa and the Uezu family have a long history of suffering and despair, even after the end of World War II in 1945. Uezu’s own struggles against hardship have taken him around the globe ...

Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...

NAGASAKI -- Students at a high school in this southwest Japan city recently visited Okinawa Prefecture to engage in fieldwork to learn about the local history including the Battle of Okinawa ...

Surprisingly, Japan’s worst traffic isn’t in the bustling cities of Tokyo or Osaka—it’s in Okinawa! With limited public ...

Okinawa has pristine beaches, a distinct culture and some of the friendliest, longest-lived people on earth.

Breeding habitat is mature forest at least 30 years old, with tall trees of more than eight inches in diameter. RANGE: The Okinawa woodpecker lives only in Yanbaru, a small area of forested woodlands ...

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It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail is fluked, similar to those of whales or other cetaceans. As an ...