In 1971, the year before Okinawa’s reversion to Japan, the Ryukyu government, the local self-governing body under U.S. rule there, drafted a proposal concerning the handover of Okinawa to Japan.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese ordnance disposal experts plan to defuse two suspected World War II-era bombs found last ...

The Allies considered Okinawa a strategic point for invading Japan's main islands, in the last stages of World War Two. "Okinawa is the crucial battle line. Our Kamikaze troops are striking the ...

Okinawa continues to host many US bases. 70 percent of US military facilities in Japan are still concentrated in this tiny part of the country. "I want the US bases to disappear from the island.

Okinawa had been Japan’s only prefecture with natural population growth. The decline in the southernmost prefecture was attributed to increased fatalities from COVID-19 and more residents ...

You’ll still find the word Ryukyu throughout Naha, the sunny, cosmopolitan capital of Okinawa Island. While most of Japan is still shivering its way through March, Naha and its tanned locals are ...

Roughly 400-miles off the coast of Japan’s southernmost region of Kyushu, Okinawa has long been credited with having one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world.

While many parts of Japan are covered by a high pressure system, warm and humid air flew into Okinawa's main island and the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from the east ...

While Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms are often considered the main attractions of Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun also boasts pristine beaches, which you can find in Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawa, ...

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one of Japan’s indigenous spirits, and pit viper-infused habushu liqueur) it hits me: El Lequio is Okinawa through and through — whether Okinawa is ready for it or not. In a time of both ...