A string of incidents over the years involving American troops and base personnel, including sexual assault cases, have ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

Okinawa resident Hiromasa Iha can still recall the screams of his classmates and teachers after a US military jet crashed ...

People have gathered at a memorial ceremony in Okinawa for victims of a US submarine attack on a ship that was evacuating ...

During the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War, some 2.3 million Japanese soldiers and military personnel lost their ...

Okinawa remains home to the majority of about 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan under a bilateral security pact. The island, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land, hosts 70% of U.S ...

The Battle of Okinawa from April to June 1945 killed more than 14,000 American service members, approximately 110,000 Japanese troops and at least 140,000 Okinawan civilians.

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on ...