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, ...

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 ...

That means Okinawa Prefecture hosts around 70 percent of U.S. military facilities in Japan. Following a meeting of the Special Action Committee on Okinawa, the United States in 1996 agreed to ...

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In 1879, Japan toppled the kingdom and established Okinawa Prefecture. The murder of the Miyakojima officials and the invasion by the Meiji troops, collectively called the Mudan incident in Taiwan ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two unexploded bombs apparently used in World War Two have been discovered near the airport on Miyakojima Island in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. Officials of Miyakojima City and ...

An annual parade spotlighting the former Ryukyu dynasty was held in Naha City, the capital of southern Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday. The event takes place every November 3, which is Japan ...

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — A U.S. airman should serve seven years for sexually assaulting an underage girl on Okinawa in December, a Japanese prosecutor argued in court Friday. The three-judge panel ...

In a briefing at the headquarters of Japan’s self-defence forces in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, there are few opening formalities. Instead, a series of stark ratios flash across the screen.

citing Okinawa officials -- the first time the "narco-boat" was used in Japan. When asked by Military.com, the Marine Corps did not confirm that the vessel launched on that date, but said that it ...