Stationed in the Parliament, several women play the guitar and denounce the violations committed by American soldiers on the Japanese island, where 30,000 military personnel are still deployed. It's a ...

Police have accused a U.S. Navy sailor on Okinawa of inappropriately touching a Japanese girl over the summer, adding to a string of offenses that have roiled the island community the past two years.

In 1972 Okinawa, a $1 million heist risks a US-Japan crisis. A covert police team has 18 days to recover the cash, uncovering ties to gangs, elites, and US forces.

Philip FONG/AFP/AFP Okinawa resident Hiromasa Iha can still recall the screams of his classmates and teachers after a US military jet crashed into his elementary school, killing 18 people more than ...

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 ...

June 23 (UPI) --More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle, while citizens reflected over long-lost loved ones and a promise by a ...

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was presented with the “Citizen’s Honor Award” by the Okinawa Prefecture prior to Saturday’s game at Dodger Stadium. Roberts also caught the ceremonial first ...

In the 24 years since U.S. troops wrested Okinawa from Japan at a cost of 12,500 American lives, the 60-mile-long island in the East China Sea has been built up as the Pentagon’s “Keystone of the ...

An unexpected explosion occurred near the US military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, leading to injuries among four members of Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force (SDF), as reported by Kyodo News.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern Japanese island ...

The 1970s brought a seismic shift to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Far East. On May 15, 1972, after nearly three decades of U.S. administration, Okinawa was officially returned to Japan. The ...