Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in ...

Okinawa Prefecture’s years-long battle to stop the central government building a U.S. base on its soil has come to naught ...

The Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau informed the Okinawa government that the cargo pallet fell into the sea due to ...

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

A cherry blossom festival is attracting people to a mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of other places in ...

The latest suspected sex crime committed by a U.S. serviceman in Okinawa Prefecture has somewhat united opposing local ...

A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S. service members in Okinawa in 2024.

Okinawa Prefecture said Friday that Japan's Supreme Court has not accepted its appeal claiming the state's overturning of its ...

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s ...

Another U.S. serviceman accused of sexual assault in Japan - It marks the fourth sexual assault case against U.S. military personnel stationed in Okinawa within the past year ...

NAHA, Japan - Thirty-three of Japan's 47 prefectural governments back revising a pact governing the U.S. forces in the ...