Japanese troops last week defused another American-made shell believed to be left over from World War II and removed it from ...

Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

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 ...

The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to relocate about 9,000 Marines from Okinawa to other locations in the Pacific.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Jan. 8, 1900, 26 men arrived in Hawaii from Okinawa, Japan, as contract laborers for the sugar and pineapple plantations. This year marks the 125th anniversary of ...

Mark Waycaster is curator of the Battle of Okinawa History Display at US marine corps Camp Kinser in Okinawa. "It was nothing like the Americans had to face up to that point in the Pacific," said ...

The commandant of the Marine Corps expressed concern Wednesday over a U.S. agreement with the Japanese government that requires the service to move thousands of its troops off of Okinawa.

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 ...