Thousands of people were displaced following an earthquake in Ishikawa province in Japan in January 2024. The epicenter was on the Noto Peninsula, an area known for its traditional lacquerware crafts.

Experience Okinawa like never before! In this video, locals share insights about daily life, from traditional celebrations to the region’s serene pace. Get a personal look at how this subtropical gem ...

Okinawa on June 23 observed "Memorial Day," marking the day 80 years ago when organized combat between the then Imperial Japanese military and U.S. fo･･･ ...

Monday is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, which was one of the harshest battles of World War II.

More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle.

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago. In ...

High water temperatures resulted in damage to the coral in Japan's Okinawa prefecture during the worldwide coral bleaching event of 1998. However, Sekisei lagoon, with a radius of 20 km and Japan's ...

June the 14th, 2025 – The Croatian island of Hvar and Okinawa in Japan aren’t commonly seen in the same sentence, but the True Blue Croatia “One Love, One Ocean” story has altered that. True Blue ...

Okinawa fell into U.S. hands in the closing months of World War II in 1945 through the Battle of Okinawa, which began in March of that year with the landing of U.S. troops on the Kerama Islands near ...

Camp Katsuren, home of the Seventh Regiment and its missile batteries, sits next to the largest U.S. Navy base on Okinawa, the semitropical island that hosts most of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says the rainy season has set in for two southwestern regions and that it is over for the southern prefecture of Okinawa. The agency declared at 11 a.m. on Sunday the ...