Last year, the Japan Spirits and Liqueurs Makers Association reported gin sales grew from 1.2 million liters to 5.5 million ...

Background Ocular chronic graft versus host disease (oGVHD) seriously affects ocular surface, which often results in corneal ...

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 ...

Barbara Laber, an associate Help Center consultant who came to UD in 1994, passed away Feb. 11, 2026. Richard Dean Shippy, ...

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.

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 ...

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low enough that you have to bend forward as you ...

A generation ago, the people of Okinawa in Japan were recognised as among the longest-lived in the world, fortunate residents of one of just five “blue zones” around the planet where a combination of ...

NAHA, OKINAWA — Only a dozen or so U.S. service members in civilian attire were spotted among the teeming revelers still celebrating Halloween on the streets of Naha’s nightlife district early ...

Okinawa, an archipelago that stretches from just below Japan’s main islands almost to Taiwan, means different things to different people. For many Japanese visitors, Okinawa, with its white stretches ...