Japanese ordnance disposal experts plan to defuse two suspected World War II-era bombs found last month on Miyakojima, a ...

Torrential rains are drenching Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. The public is being advised to be on high alert for ...

Japan's weather agency on Sunday urged Okinawa residents to be on high alert for mudslides and other disasters as torrential ...

An invasion of Taiwan by China today would face similar challenges that caused the US to drop the idea during WWII. The ...

Plastic containers washed out to sea after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster are starting to wash up on the shores of Okinawa Prefecture, leaving residents puzzled at the time it took for ...

The Meteorological Agency urged people in the affected region to be on high alert for landslides, inundation of low-lying ...

Japan Coast Guard and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency took part in the simulation exercise. In the exercise, the aircraft parking aprons at airports in Okinawa were utilized to the maximum ...

During peak traffic, the wait to enter the Okinawa location was reported to ... as emergency supply distribution centers ...

Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for ...

With completion set for 2026, national and Okinawan authorities are working together to restore intricate details.

Unfortunately, Okinawa’s problem runs far deeper than ... cultural exchange, and disaster relief. The agency dismissed arguments based on deterrence: “Okinawans may react with frustration ...

By the 1930s, Taiwan was discarded in favor of seizing Okinawa, a smaller objective closer to the four largest Japanese islands. In 1944, with Japan crumbling and an invasion of the Japanese ...