CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. military will not resume solo police patrols in Okinawa’s nightlife districts until ...

Okinawa spring sports teams lost a lot to graduation and transfer, but new faces are trying to carve out roles as seasons ...

For many years, the US has been planning to reduce its footprint in southern Japan and move thousands of Marines to places like Hawaii and Australia. But some experts urge a change in strategy amid ...

TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a remote tropical island the size of Prince George’s County. It was ...

Okinawa Prefecture on May 15 marked the 51st anniversary of its return to Japanese sovereignty, fearful it could again become the frontline in a war. Half a century on, Okinawa is still forced to ...

NAHA—The percentage of senior citizens in Okinawa Prefecture not receiving pensions is about double the national average, a result of the southernmost prefecture long falling under U.S. rule after ...