It was only natural that the Okinawa prefectural assembly unanimously adopted a statement in April denouncing the use of soil and sand containing the remains of war dead as “unconscionable on ...

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

The Defense Ministry on April 18 confirmed the deaths of two more Ground Self-Defense Force members who were aboard a helicopter that crashed in Okinawa Prefecture, while the search continued for ...

Some civilians had been evacuated, but most were still on Okinawa when the battle began on April 1, 1945. By mid-May, the Japanese 32nd Army was retreating south to its final line of defense at ...

Crews disposed of nearly 22 tons of unexploded ordnance leftover from WWII on Okinawa between April 1, 2023, and March 31. Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa ...

The residual force of Japanese soldiers mounted the final attack on April 20th.Women on the island also joined in the attack. 40 years ago, when the postwar American occupation of Okinawa ended ...

On April 6, 1945, the first wave of ten coordinated kamikaze attacks began to hit the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet off the coast of Okinawa. Ships in the Fifth Fleet had experienced suicide attacks ...

Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki’s final ... in November 2023 after oral arguments in February, April and July that year. The prefecture appealed to the Fukuoka ...

Under the plan agreed between Tokyo and Washington in April 2012, about 9,000 of the 19,000 Marines currently stationed on Okinawa are to be moved out of Okinawa, including about 4,000 of them to ...

out of the approximately 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa, more than 4,000 will be relocated to Guam. This project was agreed upon by the governments of Japan and the U.S. in April 2012.