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 ...

Japan-South Korea relations are on an upward trajectory, with leaders frequently visiting each other, confirming broad cooperation across various fields.

Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a U.S. airman's appeal against his five-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture. The decision, issued by ...

White foam was found emerging from a manhole in a residential area in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday, with local authorities saying that a sewer running beneath the manhole is connected to the nearby ...

Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi, center front row, celebrates his re-election to a third term in the northern Okinawa Prefecture city on Jan. 25, 2026. (Kyodo) NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Incumbent Nago mayor ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, left, holds talks with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Naha, capital of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Kyodo) NAHA, Japan ...

On November 7, 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae uttered a few sentences during a debate on the floor of the parliament in Tokyo. That short set of phrases, regarding contingencies ...

In 2023, eight villages in Okinawa Prefecture had fewer than 10 childbirths, with Tonaki recording none, Tokashiki just one, and Izena and Tarama two each. The eight villages — all of them on small, ...

Beijing’s ironic, abusive tantrums aimed at Japan since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi publicly stated that a Taiwan contingency would be an existential crisis for Japan, have revealed for all ...

TOKYO – US forces in Japan secretly transferred dummy nuclear bombs to then US-occupied Okinawa prefecture in 1971 out of concern that Japan would discover they were being used for training at an ...

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 ...