Researchers have shed light on the dieting habits of 'Blue Zone' residents in a bid to help people live past 100 years old ...

Experts have dismissed Japan's sovereignty claims over the Diaoyu Islands as unfounded, urging both Japan and China to shelve ...

A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S.

GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture—With the distant sea in the background, majestic buildings jut up from the base of a gently sloping hillside that was part of what is considered the world’s most ...

Denny Tamaki, the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, has called for a timetable for the transfer of 9,000 U.S. Marines from ...

The Okinawa diet emphasizes vegetables and legumes while limiting grains like noodles and white rice. Find out what foods may ...

With the G7+1 summit taking place in Okinawa it’s time to check on the status of promises concerning the cancellation of Third World debt. More than a year ago, in June 1999 in Cologne, the Jubilee ...

World War II brought even greater devastation to the island. The Battle of Okinawa in 1945, one of the war’s bloodiest, claimed the lives of nearly a third of the civilian population.

Hundreds of activists took part in a peace march in Okinawa on May 13 to call for the removal of U.S. bases from the southernmost prefecture and to remember the devastation left by World War II.

NAHA, Okinawa — The Japanese government will begin ... the southernmost of the country’s four main islands, after a World War II-era bomb exploded in October. A survey will begin Monday ...

Okinawa’s local government is stepping up its efforts to promote cycling in the prefecture in 2025, aiming to attract bike ...

It marks the fourth sexual assault case against U.S. military personnel stationed in Okinawa within the past year ...