The planned radar unit will boost surveillance of Chinese carriers and aircraft operating near Japan's southwestern islands.

Okinawa authorities discovered a U.S.-made bomb believed to date to World War II during an airport safety survey on a ...

Companies that operate telecommunication infrastructure in Okinawa Prefecture’s Sakishima Islands, located east of Taiwan, have begun tabletop drills to prepare to respond to such a situation.

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan logs 322.3 billion yen ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

Japanese prosecutors will not pursue charges against a U.S. Navy sailor accused of inappropriately touching a Japanese girl ...

Recently, the "Ryukyu studies" academic program, the first of its kind in China and initiated by Fujian Normal University, has been officially approved in China and is now formally launched. It is ...

Protests that disrupted a major Japan–US military exercise in Okinawa have drawn strong condemnation from the Japanese defence minister, conservative media and the public. The uproar reflects wider ...

There are many good reasons to guzzle down a Japanese hotpot. One being: it’s delicious. However, fatigue from having kayaked in 32C temperatures through mangrove forests is rarely one of them. The ...

A poster informing people of rising minimum wages is seen in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, Aug. 13, 2025. (Mainichi/Natsuko Ishida) TOKYO -- This fiscal year saw unprecedented increases in minimum wages ...

A unique peace-learning workshop was held at Haebaru Junior High School in the town of Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 6, about two weeks before this year's Okinawa Memorial Day, which marked 80 ...