The "Junglia" theme park, under construction in northern Okinawa, will open on July 25, 2025. Targeting the travel demand ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — At least three U.S. Navy ships and four Marine Corps Ospreys will join an annual amphibious exercise ...

The same goes for the nation’s southern islands of Kyushu and Okinawa, experts say. The government’s Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion said March 25 there is a roughly 80-percent ...

Japan's plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall On a ...

Okinawa welcomed 9.66 million visitors in 2024, a 17% year-on-year increase and the third-highest total on record, reaching ...

Just 350 miles from Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, Okinawa was home to an ethnically diverse group of people. Many Okinawans had mixed blood, unlike their Japanese neighbors to the north.

2 in the prefecture and was predicted to hit 180 kph in the northern part of Kyushu. Okinawa Prefecture will receive up to 180 mm of rainfall and Kyushu up to 150 mm for the 24-hour period through ...

Last month, the United States Marine Corps began the "partial transfer" of personnel from Okinawa to Guam. The move came 12 ...

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s ...

Roughly 400-miles off the coast of Japan’s southernmost region of Kyushu, Okinawa has long been credited with having one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world.

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

Just 350 miles from Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, Okinawa was home to an ethnically diverse group of people. Many Okinawans had mixed blood, unlike their Japanese neighbors to the north.