Japan is preparing to introduce tougher restrictions on portable power banks aboard commercial flights, responding to a ...

The US does not intend to vacate the current airbase for now due to disagreement over runway length at a replacement site, a ...

In November 2023, a U.S. Osprey from the Yokota air base in Tokyo crashed off the island of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, killing eight people on board. In October the following year, a GSDF Osprey ...

We’ve seen a lot of things in Japan, but one thing we haven’t seen is a mini cinema inside an airport. That all changed on 1 October, though, when the Faminchu Theatre opened inside Okinawa’s Naha ...

Hatsuko Kawahira Thomas went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026, at her home. Hatsuko was born on December 29, 1948, in Naha, Okinawa Japan to her parents Kagen Kawahira (Father) ...

NAHA, Okinawa (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the past 40 years, Hawaii has had a great sister-state relationship with Okinawa, an island prefecture of Japan. Upon arriving in Okinawa, you’ll notice the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Department store in Okinawa hosted its first Hawaii Fair to celebrate Okinawan migration to the islands. Organizers say although Hawaii Fairs are common in malls across ...

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan's ...