Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and ...

Hundreds of activists took part in a peace march in Okinawa on May 13 to call for the removal of U.S. bases from the southernmost prefecture and to remember the devastation left by World War II.

Taiwan is viewed as a possible military flashpoint that could draw the US into conflict with China. Read more at straitstimes ...

An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

Village officials led a memorial service in Zamami, Okinawa on Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of ground battles there ...

Hatsune Miku's Virtual Concert "OKINAWA BEAT SQUALL! OKINAWA, JAPAN, March 21, 2025 - Ashibi Company is thrilled to invite all Hatsune Miku fans worldwide to celebrate Okinawan culture through the ...

The Japanese government has compiled a plan to evacuate 120,000 people from some Okinawa islands to other parts of ...

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...

Zamami, Okinawa Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the ...