Luring visitors with golden beaches and picturesque palm trees, Okinawa is a wandering knight, never failing to surprise ...

Onaga and about 10 other women who were tasked with cooking ... Her family evacuated to the northern part of Okinawa’s main island ahead of the invasion by U.S. forces on nearby islets that ...

The national flag of the United States of America (Mainichi) NAHA (Kyodo) -- A sexual assault case in November in Okinawa involving ... violence against women in the southern island prefecture ...

Three other U.S. service members in 2024 were accused of attempting or carrying out sexual assaults of Okinawan women ... government. Okinawa is Japan's southernmost island and is home to 32 ...

Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa have referred a sexual assault case involving a U.S. Marine to prosecutors, local media reported, the latest in a series of allegations of ...

More women aged 99 and older live in Okinawa than anywhere else ... Historically, the Okinawans lived on an isolated island without access to a variety of food sources. They had to rely on ...

The victim was identified as Shizuka Takase, a 37-year-old restaurant worker from Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Northome's Jennifer Warren was recently selected to represent the state of Minnesota VFW on the National Women Veterans Committee. “It was a complete surprise,” she said, “but it’s such an honor.” ...

Robert William Seymour will turn 100-years-old on Jan. 31, a feat that county legislators sought to celebrate on Jan. 2. "I ...

then, after a perfectly timed pause, she delivered, “It’s humans, especially women’s ... 30 mongooses were brought to this island from Okinawa, where mongooses from India had been introduced ...

or "utaki," are found all over Okinawa, Seifa Utaki, tucked away in the rural southeast of the island, is the most revered. In this sacred place, no artificial structures were built. Instead, wood and ...