Visiting Okinawa, I was struck by how much it didn't feel like I was in Japan. Not only are the vast majority of buildings ...

A Marine lit about 20 candles in a hotel room before leaving to pick up his girlfriend at Naha Airport and the room caught on ...

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 ...

Travelling in the southern tip of Japan can be gloriously slow or boisterously jolly as one explores the many attractions of ...

The skies will be mostly cloudy. The high will be 76°. Moderate air quality (51-100) Primary pollutant O₃ 76 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard ...

The Japanese army's fleet of hybrid-helicopter aircraft have been cleared to resume operations after being grounded following ...

Blue oceans, sunny skies, warm hospitality. Okinawa Japan is a subtropical paradise best explored on a luxury cruise around ...

Some shoppers at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa have fraudulent charges on their credit cards after shopping on base.

For decades, Okinawa, Japan, has prided itself as a hotspot for longevity. In 1999, the Japanese islands were listed as one of five “blue zones”, where people statistically live the longest, often ...

Arthur Polacheck, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, served as a radio operator in Okinawa, Japan. Polacheck's fluency in Morse code and skills in electronics helped him avoid being drafted as a foot ...

Torrential rains are drenching Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. The public is being advised to be on high alert for ...