The Yonaguni Monument, an enigmatic underwater structure near Japan’s Yonaguni Island, has intrigued scientists and explorers ...

Okinawa isn't in the news so much these days. Chinese efforts to grab Philippine territory and smother Taiwan get the most ...

Police in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture, have arrested a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of fatally stabbing her 41-year-old boyfriend at their apartment. According to police, the incident ...

A fleet of Chinese naval and Coast Guard ships transited a strait in Japan's southwestern waters in December last year.

The number of people with dementia who go missing while venturing out alone is increasing. In Okinawa Prefecture, 118 such ...

Sand deposition for work reinforcing soft soil as part of the U.S. military base transfer within Okinawa Prefecture began ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be left over from World War II on a ...

Arrangements are being made for Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Hiroshima and other domestic war-related ...

The work is part of the project to build a replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan, ...

TOKYO -- Japan will create a new maritime transport unit in its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in March as it looks to boost defense of its chain of southern islands reaching down to Okinawa prefecture, ...

ITOCHU Corporation, Wingcopter's partner in Japan, have tested the transport of research blood (*1) using Wingcopter's ...