Japan's Defense Ministry says the Maritime Self-Defense Force has been monitoring the movements of the Chinese aircraft ...

OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture–A video showing an American civilian being slammed to the ground and detained by U.S. military ...

Japan has just had another incident involving its underground water pipe system. This incident is considered a warning about ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara visited Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki at the prefectural office in Naha in Sunday.

The top government spokesman said Monday he would not comment on a recent Chinese newspaper editorial that questioned Japan's sovereignty over the southern island prefecture of Okinawa, amid a ...

Two Okinawa government officials urged caution amid a review of U.S. military street patrols after a viral video of a U.S.

Denny Tamaki is in charge of a chain of islands in what many people consider a dangerous neighborhood. As governor of the Okinawa Prefecture, he oversees about 160 inhabited and uninhabited islands in ...

KITA-NAKAGUSUKU, Okinawa Prefecture--A park created from a residential area at a U.S. military base here has opened to the public ahead of its handover to Japan. The Lower Plaza Housing Area at Camp ...

U.S. Marines in Okinawa unveil their training to the media at the U.S. military's Northern Training Area in the north of Okinawa's main island, on Dec. 11, 2024. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Higa) The Japanese ...

As a ‘cold peace’ settles between Japan and China, both countries are working towards a pragmatic, if not awkward, coexistence. Okinawa will continue to play a pivotal role in enhancing Japanese and ...

Two-thirds of first graders at Okinawa International School come from families who relocated from outside the prefecture, ...

Okinawa has had a tumultuous history and a scattered identity throughout the twentieth century. As a Japanese territory before World War II, Okinawans did not ever fully adopted Japanese culture as ...