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Anthony Easton closed out 31 years with the Marine Corps this week by turning over his duties as sergeant major of Marine ...
If you want to find the deep south of Japan, go to Okinawa, an island home to a U.S. air base that sits closer to Taiwan than ...
An explosion last month at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, occurred when Japanese soldiers ...
Discover the coolest hotel in Okinawa, the Estinate Hotel in Naha! This video takes you on a delightful tour, showcasing its vibrant design, unique amenities, and the warm hospitality that awaits you.
The Okinawa diet is based on a traditional style of eating that people living in Japan’s Okinawa islands follow. This diet ...
The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...
A Japanese court found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns​ on Okinawa, which has a heavy American troop presence.
Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.
A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s ...
Okinawa, with a population of 1.5 million, hosts 70 percent of the American bases despite accounting for only 0.6 percent of Japan’s landmass. There are 80,000 Americans on the island, ...
Okinawa is geographically closer to China and the Philippines than it is to Japan's main islands. It was an independent kingdom until the Japanese Empire annexed it in 1879.
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on March 1, 2019, after a vote on the relocation of a U.S. base on the island on Feb. 25.