Powerful Typhoon No. 6 was expected to bring heavy rain and violent winds to Okinawa Prefecture on June 1 before veering ...

The authorities had issued evacuation orders affecting approximately 250,000 residents across around 130,000 households in ...

A dolphin here remains a rock of inspiration for locals during rough times nearly half a century after being relocated to ...

Heavy rain and strong winds battered Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture on Monday, June 1, as Typhoon Jangmi approached the south of ...

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

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 ...

Following an accident in which two boats capsized off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, resulting in the ...

This shows a construction work off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan on May 2, 2023, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the prefecture to ...

Typhoon Jangmi continued its northward journey towards Japan`s southwestern island of Kyushu on Tuesday after bringing strong ...

Okinawa Prefecture's gubernatorial election, set for Sept. 13, is shaping up as a de facto one-on-one race between incumbent Governor Denny Tamaki and Genta Koja, a prospective candidate effectively b ...