Japan pays the US $1.4 billion each year for the bases in Okinawa, which underpin their military alliance. But does the ...

A survey by the Okinawan government found that levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” in water supplies near U.S. military bases ...

Martin, of Niles, Mich., was killed when a shell fragment struck him in the chest on May 15, 1945, as 6th Marine Division ...

TOKYO >> Kobe Steel Ltd. has unveiled capsule-type blast-proof containers it developed to dispose of unexploded ordnance more ...

The arrival of the American military in Okinawa in the spring of 1945 marked the beginning of one of the bloodiest battles in ...

The imperial couple will visit the city of Hiroshima to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.

Along with the remains of people who died in World War II, a badge from a junior high school was found recently in a gama, ...

From "Overview of Okinawa Prefecture Tourist Arrival Statistics for 2024" Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa sits at the entrance of Yambaru, a World Heritage Site known for its subtropical nature.

A bag containing flammable devices fell from a US Marine helicopter flying over Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan on Tuesday. No injuries or damage have been reported so far.

a new theme park scheduled to open in July in the village of Nakijin in northern Okinawa Prefecture, is hiring 1,500 workers prior to the opening. Most of its employees moving to the northern part ...

Hotel Management Japan Co., Lt. (CEO: Junichi Araki; Head Office: Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) operates 24 hotels (total rooms 7,671) in Japan. In Okinawa, one of Japan's most popular tourist ...