Japan’s military disposed of nearly 13 tons of unexploded ordnance on Okinawa between April 2024 and March — a little more than half the amount handled the previous fiscal year, according to ...

NAHA, Okinawa — Hundreds of thousands of people, including U.S. service members, recently took to the streets on a hot, humid afternoon to witness and take part in this city’s annual Tug-of-War ...

Residents of Okinawa are some of the world’s healthiest and happiest. Strong social networks and good food may be why. Celebrations like the Ungami Festival, held at Shioya Bay and devoted to the god ...

Japanese media have reported that U.S. Marine Corps troops who began relocating from Okinawa to Guam late last year will begin moving to the barracks at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in June.

On Sept. 14, 1975, the sky above Osaka was cloudless. In the city’s Taisho Ward — home to many people from Okinawa Prefecture — the first-ever Eisa dance festival was held by a group of young ...

This file photo shows the Okinawa Prefectural Police Headquarters building. (Mainichi) NAHA (Kyodo) -- Okinawa police said they arrested a 19-year-old U.S. Marine private first class stationed at Camp ...

In 1995, I saw for the first time what a blazing conflagration, feeding on popular outrage, could look like. The scene was televised from the city of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, where 85,000 ...

A UN expert has expressed concerns about PFAS contamination at US bases in southwestern Japan's Okinawa Prefecture and elsewhere. He said it poses a threat to human health. Marcos Orellana, the UN ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said the Department of War is “still on track to...reevaluate and look at the posture” on Guam when asked for an update on the expected relocation of 5,000 Marines ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Green traveled to Japan on Oct. 4 and concluded his trip ...

Shimoji Lawrence Yoshitaka clearly remembers the first time he became aware of himself as potentially belonging to a “minority” within Japanese society. He was a university student at the time, ...