A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and ...
NAHA, Okinawa (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the past 40 years, Hawaii has had a great sister-state relationship with Okinawa, an ...
Chinese observers downplayed Beijing's reference to Okinawans as "indigenous", saying the comments were primarily a critique of the militarisation of Japan's southernmost prefecture - home to dozens ...
State Sen. Glenn Wakai was one of the few orphans from Okinawa more than 50 years ago to leave when a loving family from ...
Conservationists urge stronger protections to deter the growing illegal trade and overseas demand for Okinawa’s endemic species.
On Sept. 4, 1995, three U.S. Marines abducted and sexually assaulted an elementary school girl in the northern part of ...
A traditional mud-smearing festival to chase out evil has been held on Miyakojima, in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa.
On this day 80 years ago, victory was wrested from the depths of hell when American forces triumphed over the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Okinawa—a brutal and blood-soaked triumph that was ...
Food pantries von U.S. military bases in Japan climbed in October during the government shutdown, according to an informal survey by Stars and Stripes ...