Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds.

Sushi may be synonymous with Japan, but it didn’t begin there. Its earliest form traces back centuries along the Mekong River, in Southern China, Laos and northern Thailand. Sushi was originally ...

The 5,000 U.S. Marines and 1,300 dependents now stationed in Okinawa should stay there, and the $6.2 billion Marine facilities on Guam could be used by the Army. That’s the proposal put forward last ...

Opinion | Uncovering a mysterious conspiracy within the Japanese criminal underworld is all good, but what about fishing ...

Highly territorial, clownfish use colour patterns and size as markers of their social rank. View on euronews ...

Growing up, you probably changed your style based on your social influences. It turns out, such pressures affect the ...

U.S. Marines load onto CH-53E Super Stallions after conducting a helicopter raid as part of a combined Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Ie-Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2026. (Cpl. John ...

Nearly two decades ago the United States and Japan signed an initiative to reduce the number of Marines in Okinawa. Now experts with the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, D.C. warn that ...

The governor of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has warned the central government to "proceed carefully" as defense authorities move forward with plans to station surface-to-air missiles on an island just ...

Police have accused a U.S. Navy sailor on Okinawa of inappropriately touching a Japanese girl over the summer, adding to a string of offenses that have roiled the island community the past two years.

Dan Buettner's iconic National Geographic cover story transformed our idea of what makes for a long, healthy life. It's now published online for the first time. OKINAWA, JAPANSquatting effortlessly on ...