Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

Pending repairs to the island airfield, the Air Force’s 18th Wing since December 2023 has made its training drops about once ...

Japanese police on the island of Okinawa arrested four sailors assigned to Naval Special Warfare Command over the weekend in Onna village. By Paul Szoldra Posted on Oct 30, 2019 The top officer in ...

The first episode of the docu-series follows author and explorer Dan Buettner on a trip to Okinawa, Japan where viewers learn ...

Part of that plan includes booting roughly 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa, an island that accounts for less than 1% of Japan's total land mass, but houses 70% of all U.S. military facilities in the ...

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

Japan detonated 461 WWII-era US-made shells Thursday off the coast of Japan's southeastern island of Okinawa, the Stars and Stripes US military newspaper reported. The shells saw active combat in WWII ...

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 ...

The "day care room," which was supposed to be bustling with children, has its doors shut while the washbasin and lockers ...

The Okinawa diet is based on a traditional style of eating that people living in Japan’s Okinawa islands follow. This diet generally includes foods that are low in calories, with a lot of ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from the main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa, once captured, would serve as a staging area for an invasion of ...