The turquoise water lapping against Okinawa's pebbled beach is so clear that you can see an occasional parrotfish streaking ...

Maj. Codi Anne Mullen took command of the newly minted Headquarters Company, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, during a ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

Japan’s defense minister promised to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s ...

Yumi Matsumoto lived in Okinawa for 30 years before moving to America last year. She said while Okinawans do emphasize health and community, things are changing with the younger generation. Matsumoto ...

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Shoji Nishida on May 9 retracted and apologized for remarks denigrating a war memorial in Okinawa Prefecture but stood by his assertion that the prefecture is ...

NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top ...

There are more centenarians—those aged 99 or older—living on Japan's Okinawa islands than anywhere else in the world. Okinawa is one of the most well-known Blue Zones—places with the world's ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi vowed Thursday to reduce the burden on Okinawa Prefecture of hosting U.S. military ...

The governor of the prefecture talks to The American Conservative about the first of Japan’s island groupings that would be drawn into fighting over Taiwan.