For those eager to see the first blossoms, Okinawa is the earliest stop. Japan’s southernmost prefecture typically begins ...

Various regions across Japan are expected to register above-normal temperatures between June and August, the weather agency ...

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As cold fronts roll in one after another, Taiwanese travelers' getaway plans are shifting south in search of sunshine.

Japanese weather officials say temperatures across much of the country are likely to be higher than usual over the next three ...

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 ...

Nearly two decades ago the United States and Japan signed an initiative to reduce the number of Marines in Okinawa. Now experts with the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, D.C. warn that ...

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 ...

Far from the neon lights of Tokyo, temples and shrines of Kyoto and the Osaka street food scene is Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost — and westernmost — prefecture. Here, expect a slower pace, where the ...

It’s show time. Up heaves the sail, a concertina of heavy canvas pulled taut against the creaking wooden mast. It gulps the breeze that’s whisking cotton puffs of cloud out to sea. Black butterflies, ...

IE SHIMA, Okinawa — The Marine Corps has reopened a small island airfield off Okinawa’s coast after two years of repairs, restoring a key training site and easing pressure on Kadena Air Base, where ...