Located south of Japan, Okinawa is a small island that hides a big secret: longevity. The inhabitants of this archipelago ...

(Kyodo) SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural disasters. In the event of a major earthquake, the islands' inherent ...

Okinawa (Japan), and it’s part of a growing Marine Corps force dedicated to delivering medium to long-range area denial capabilities to the First Island Chain. A designation ceremony at Camp Hansen, ...

The signing ceremony for the Exchange of Notes between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Japan, as well as the Amendment Agreements between Sri Lanka and the Japan International ...

Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon.

Getty Images/iStockphoto In 2018, using only a mesh net, a 13-year-old student standing on the docks of Tanabe Bay in eastern Japan captured dozens of tiny creatures no bigger than a pen tip ...

Okinawa’s main island still hosts over 50% of the 50,000 American troops stationed in Japan. The U.S. invasion forces establish a beachhead on Okinawa island, about 350 miles from the Japanese ...

Here’s Okinawa and a list of things to do in and around Japan’s little “Hawaii” that’s only a 3-hour flight from Tokyo. Given the island’s small size, people usually spend anywhere from 3 days to a ...

A nonfatal crash in October of a Japanese army tilt-rotor aircraft Osprey during a joint exercise with the U.S. military on the island also caused apprehension. Japan's air and maritime forces in ...

The GJ-2 unmanned aerial vehicle was observed Wednesday morning and afternoon near Japan’s southernmost islands, including Okinawa, according to a news release that day from Japan’s Joint Staff.

(Hiro Komae/AP) The U.S. Marine Corps scaled back its number of MV-22 Ospreys from 24 to 20 on Okinawa, Japan, in 2024 as part of an overhauling effort for the aircraft, according to a Marine ...

Load Map What is the travel distance between Okinawa, Japan and Tokyo, Japan? How many miles is it from Tokyo to Okinawa. 955 miles / 1536.92 km is the flight distance between these two places. Use ...