Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...

Defense Minister Nakatani Gen visited Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture on January 22.He ...

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani gave assurances that residents here and on outlying islands would be protected in the event of ...

Okinawa Prefecture’s years-long battle to stop the central government building a U.S. base on its soil has come to naught ...

Okinawa Prefecture says that Japan's Supreme Court has not accepted its appeal claiming the state's overturning of its ...

The Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau informed the Okinawa government that the cargo pallet fell into the sea due to ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

A cherry blossom festival is attracting people to a mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of other places in ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in ...

Luring visitors with golden beaches and picturesque palm trees, Okinawa is a wandering knight, never failing to surprise ...

Hydraulic oil spilled at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday from a drill on a vessel that was boring into the seabed in Oura Bay, according ...