NAHA -- "I had no choice but to stay silent." In Tomoko Oshiro's calm words, the deep loneliness of the past was unmistakable ...

Japan “sacrificed Okinawa to the U.S.” when Tokyo lost the war, he says, and since then nothing has substantially changed: Okinawa is still largely alone in bearing the burden of the U.S ...

Japanese scientists using an improved method of analysis recently identified a third set of remains as likely those of an ...

Today, a majority of the 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan under a bilateral security pact and 70% of U.S. military facilities are still in Okinawa, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land.

Japan’s Emperor Hirohito ordered his country’s surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 ...

Most people head to Okinawa for its pristine beaches and relaxing resorts, but now there’s an exciting new reason to visit ...

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck off the Okinawa province in southwestern Japan on Thursday. The earthquake ...

The American military presence is part of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. American military have been present in Okinawa since the end of World War II.

The US Air Force's 18th Wing stationed in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, says an F-15E fighter jet landed at Kadena Air Base on ...

When Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and U.S. President Richard Nixon issued a joint statement in 1969 on the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese rule, Sato described the maintenance of peace and security ...

NAGO, Japan -- Junglia Okinawa opened in Japan's southernmost prefecture on July 25, and I had the privilege of visiting the ...

A Chinese marine survey ship was spotted dangling what appeared to be wire into waters off the island of Kumejima in ...