An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...

China’s UAV activity is increasing rapidly in the airspace around the Nansei Islands in Japan’s southwest, part of the First ...

Chow down on soki soba, goya champuru, suchika (salted pork belly), island tacos and other Okinawan staples at what has to be ...

With Okinawa Island already hosting several bases ... This is because the islands overlap with the "First Island Chain", a defensive line China established to guard against the US and its allies.

Okinawa’s government expressed opposition to the plan, citing increased base-hosting burdens on locals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Okinawa Prefecture’s beloved Blue Seal ice cream chain has opened outlets in the ... in hopes of bringing tourists back to the southern island prefecture after the health crisis is over.

hosted by the village of Zamami in the Kerama island chain about 40 kilometers west of the main island of Okinawa. Over 200,000 people, including civilians, were killed in the ground battles on ...

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture. Once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom, this beautiful chain of subtropical islands has its own traditions of dance, crafts, music, and karate. The ancient ...