The U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) bilateral exercise “Iron Fist 26” will see approximately ...

Two U.S. service members on a nighttime scuba dive were rescued from a rocky cliff on an island off Okinawa’s central coast, ...

The turquoise water lapping against Okinawa's pebbled beach is so clear that you can see an occasional parrotfish streaking ...

Japan’s defense minister promised to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s southwestern islands.

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture reveals a different side to Japan.

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low ...

Find serenity on land and in the sea ...

Okinawan men fell from first to 43rd while women slipped to 16th in the last life expectancy survey, a slide that is expected ...

NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top 10.

It is now widely known that China has been focusing its attention on Okinawa, generating narratives about the island and its status. Among these narratives are the “Ryukyu Undetermined Status Theory.” ...