Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism, but younger generations also worry about ...

In a picture shot around 1944, the year before the island was devastated by the Battle of Okinawa, young women are shown glazing earthenware at a workshop in Naha’s Tsuboya district, home to ...

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 ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't back ... “I often heard others remark that women cannot excel in karate.” But Oshiro persevered, training her muscles and enduring punches ...

Royal women performed rituals and a kikoeokimi ... pointing to the eclectic pottery creations on the island as proof. In many ways, Okinawa is another world unto itself, a mystical side of ...

The first episode of the docu-series follows author and explorer Dan Buettner on a trip to Okinawa, Japan where viewers learn about the Okinawa diet and why traditional Japanese cuisine may play a ...

In the "red-tiled house" on Tokashiki Island, Okinawa, which was turned into a comfort station, she talks about her life and relationships, her situation after being left behind on the Korean ...