BEIJING >> China said a group of its naval vessels, including a destroyer, passed through a waterway between two islands ...

A housing area on this Marine Corps base may be returned to Okinawa by fall to help alleviate traffic congestion on a major ...

NAHA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki denounced the central government for starting land reclamation work for relocating a U.S.

NAHA--Typhoon No. 6 brought punishing winds to the southernmost Okinawa Prefecture from Aug. 1, causing power outages and ...

More than 30 military spouses on Okinawa have graduated from a leadership seminar designed to build professional skills and ...

TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan— Col. Erik Davis, U.S. Army Garrison Japan commander, visited USAG Okinawa on April 13, to see ...

Two vessels carrying students from Doshisha International Senior High School capsized while viewing land reclamation work for ...

TOKYO - Japan's weather agency on Wednesday downgraded a tsunami warning for islands of the southern Okinawa prefecture to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grew up in Okinawa. Here's what I think the 'Blue Zones' trend has right and wrong about my home island. Yumi Matsumoto lived in ...

TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...

A quarter of Okinawan civilians died – many after being told to kill themselves, or from starvation. But the hunt for their remains is being complicated by some modern-day inhabitants: tens of ...