The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant upgrades to the plan to safeguard the public in the event of a major ...

If you want to find the deep south of Japan, go to Okinawa, an island home to a U.S. air base that sits closer to Taiwan than ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

An explosion last month at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, occurred when Japanese soldiers accidentally detonated a fuse on a World War II-era anti-tank shell, Japan’s ...

The Okinawa diet is based on a traditional style of eating that people living in Japan’s Okinawa islands follow. This diet ...

Anthony Easton closed out 31 years with the Marine Corps this week by turning over his duties as sergeant major of Marine ...

From coral nurseries to glass-bottom submersibles and underwater cleanups, this eco-forward getaway invites guests to take ...

U.S. troops landed on the main Okinawa island on April 1, 1945, beginning a battle in their push toward mainland Japan. The Battle of Okinawa lasted nearly three months, killing some 200,000 ...

Col. Neil Owens, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Division, apologizes to Okinawa prefectural government after last month's ...

Japan recently marked 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the final and bloodiest ground battle of World War II ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito met with Mongolia's president Tuesday during a visit to the landlocked Asian nation that marks a ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has started a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor Japanese World War II prisoners.