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

I saw an interesting scene in “Little Women” (2022), a South Korean serial TV drama, showing a woman released from a ...

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

When Nobuko Oshiro decided to take up karate lessons in her late 20s, no one in her dojo would have thought they were looking at a future karate legend. But that’s exactly what she’s become — the ...

A US marine has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during his deployment in Japan ’s Okinawa. Lance Corporal Jamel Clayton, 22, attacked and choked the woman ...

Going PlacesHike the sacred Yanbaru forest, a.k.a. The Galápagos of the East, with a female shaman (yuta) and learn about the spiritual role of women in the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom on this eight-day ...

TORII STATION, Japan -- U.S. Army volunteers joined Japanese Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Navy volunteers at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Okinawa, Japan, on June 7, 2025. The cleanup was ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern Japanese island ...

For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion cuisine is being revived.

TOKYO: Two US marines in Japan's Okinawa are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said Thursday, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents. The United States has ...

US soldiers joined Japanese officials and residents in Okinawa for a one-off joint nighttime patrol on Friday following sexual assault cases involving American servicemen.

The war left countless orphans and single-parent families not only in Okinawa Prefecture, but across Japan. In mainland Japan, the Child Welfare Law was enacted in 1947 to help impoverished children.