A funnel cloud was spotted over the southern part of Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday, October 16. The JMA warned residents in ...

On Thursday, 18 pieces of ordnance believed to date to WWII were detonated on land at Kubasu Beach on Miyakojima, an island ...

With the contactless payment option, the water buffalo cart operator's ticket counter work is expected to become less ...

The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands, now ...

Naha Mayor, Satoru Chinen, has rejected plans by the U.S. military to expand joint police patrols into the Okinawa ...

Over the past three years Okinawa’s Naha Airport has more than trebled its international flight capacity, and it hopes that hosting next year’s Routes Asia will help attract additional foreign air ...

Denny Tamaki is in charge of a chain of islands in what many people consider a dangerous neighborhood. As governor of the Okinawa Prefecture, he oversees about 160 inhabited and uninhabited islands in ...

Tomiichi Murayama, a former prime minister who issued a landmark statement of “remorse” for Japan’s actions in World War II, ...

The Japanese government is considering deploying surface-to-ship missile systems to the main island of Okinawa prefecture to strengthen Japan’s defense posture in response to China’s growing maritime ...

As a ‘cold peace’ settles between Japan and China, both countries are working towards a pragmatic, if not awkward, coexistence. Okinawa will continue to play a pivotal role in enhancing Japanese and ...

The Ishigaki city assembly in Okinawa Prefecture recently passed a resolution to ascertain whether children of elementary and ...