Work has been paused on a new Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa for more than a month because of weather, but the construction schedule will not be affected, according to Japan’s Ministry of ...

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST; President and CEO: Karin Markides, in Onna Village, Okinawa) and Qubitcore ...

Okinawa University associate professor Hong Yunshin ... of residents across the prefecture following the U.S. military's landing on Okinawa. As the Japanese military had instilled the idea among ...

If you want to find the deep south of Japan, go to Okinawa, an island home to a U.S. air base that sits closer to Taiwan than ...

Japan’s army has begun relocating its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft to a new base on the southern island of Kyushu, part of ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

From coral nurseries to glass-bottom submersibles and underwater cleanups, this eco-forward getaway invites guests to take ...

While Okinawa is now a popular beach getaway, its jungles have preserved the scars of combat from March to June 1945. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At least four people have been injured following an explosion near a U.S. military air base in Japan. Local and defense ministry officials said that four Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (SFD) members ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has started a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor Japanese World War II prisoners.