With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

June 23 (UPI) --More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle, while citizens reflected over long-lost loved ones and a promise by a ...

An Airbnb with barrel sauna and a private jacuzzi, Okinawa Ocean view villa provides plentiful facilities for people who love ...

The governor of the prefecture talks to The American Conservative about the first of Japan’s island groupings that would be drawn into fighting over Taiwan.

Tokyo — Japan's government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa that were ...

Timothy Woodland is in a grave predicament. The 6-ft. 4-in., 24-year-old Air Force staff sergeant sits in a jail cell in Okinawa, Japan. He goes on trial next month in a proceeding that could last as ...

Anti-U.S. base protesters sit outside the gate of Camp Schwab as a military vehicle passes by in Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 21, 2016. Credit: Depositphotos Subscribe for ads-free reading Okinawa, ...

Japan has, for the first time, identified human remains from the Battle of Okinawa using only DNA testing, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a recent announcement. DNA from the remains ...