UPDATE: The Singer Island beach is open again. Riviera Beach announced on the social media platform X around 1:30 p.m. that the beach is "officially open for swimmers after meeting water quality ...

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF WWII? U.S. troops, in their push for mainland Japan, landed on Okinawa's main island on April 1, 1945. The battle lasted until late June, killing about 200,000 people ...

At Island Beach State Park, nature takes the spotlight. With ten miles of beaches, winding trails, and marshes teeming with wildlife, it’s a refreshing escape from the busier stretches of the ...

This is the only day care center on Tonaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, but since its establishment in 2019, it has remained closed without a single child setting foot inside. Meanwhile ...

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost island and is home to 32 U.S. military facilities. Recent and past incidents of sexual assaults committed by U.S. service members in Okinawa has the Okinawa ...

In the face of ferocious attacks from the U.S. forces, the Imperial Japanese Army command decided to flee the castle to southern parts of the Okinawa island, areas to which many local residents ...

Okinawa is part of the “first island chain,” which refers to a chain of islands in the Pacific that includes Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia, which would be the front line in a ...

At a time when open, public areas are more important than ever, Little Island is something to look forward to. At the start of the year, construction was on track for a 2021 opening. Ellie Stathaki is ...

Part of that plan includes booting roughly 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa, an island that accounts for less than 1% of Japan's total land mass, but houses 70% of all U.S. military facilities in the ...

Junglia Okinawa, a theme park where visitors can enjoy nature, is set to open on July 25 in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Osaka-based marketing firm Katana Inc. has announced. The theme park, ...

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