Okinawa Prefectural Government and Henoko Base Construction Countermeasures Division: Outline. As part of the commemorations of 80 ye ...

Over 80 years after Soviet forces seized four islands from Japan, former Japanese residents remain unable to return to their hometowns.

BOSTON (AP) — Twenty-two historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have been returned to Japan after a family from Massachusetts discovered them in their late ...

TOKYO — Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki announced Wednesday he’s traveling soon to the United States to lobby Cabinet officials, Congress and the American public to reduce the U.S. military footprint in his ...

Denny Tamaki is in charge of a chain of islands in what many people consider a dangerous neighborhood. As governor of the Okinawa Prefecture, he oversees about 160 inhabited and uninhabited islands in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese observers downplayed Beijing's reference to Okinawans as "indigenous", saying the comments were primarily a critique of ...

Japan plans to deploy missiles on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, near Taiwan, with a reported target of fiscal 2030 (April 2030 to March 2031), often ...

Shuri Castle is still being renovated, but its park and nearby informational exhibits make a visit still worthwhile.

People in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa have celebrated residents who have turned 97 based on the traditional Japanese way of counting age.