Analysts fear this disinformation will strain the US-Japan alliance, risking economic uncertainty, especially in the auto ...

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An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

It saved them from another brutal invasion. Okinawa had been an independent peaceable kingdom with ties to China until Japan took it over in 1879. Okinawan kings had banned weapons on the island for ...

With curators from mainland Japan, Taiwan and Okinawa, the festival was anchored by works from those three regions, with the ...

With tensions between China and Taiwan escalating, the Japanese government said it plans to conduct field drills for evacuations from the southern prefecture of Okinawa in fiscal 2026 from April ...

Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and lodging for 15 Japanese soldiers at her home in 1945. When a U.S. military ...

Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which were ...

Japan's government has compiled a plan to evacuate people from remote islands in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa in the event of emergencies. The plan, the first of its kind, was released ...

The Japanese government also said it plans to conduct field drills for evacuations from the southern prefecture of Okinawa in fiscal 2026 from April next year, as reported by Kyodo News.