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

Leaders of the U.S. and Japan meet tomorrow for a summit that's expected to focus on military cooperation - specifically on Japan's southwest islands closest to China and Taiwan. NPR's Anthony Kuhn ...

TOKYO -- 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 Monday that it ...

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

Nagasaki was ranked 17th and Okinawa 46th on the New York Times’ list of “52 Places to Go in 2026.” The U.S. newspaper explained that, unlike Hiroshima, where the atomic bomb was dropped on the city ...

Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Japan and more than 500,000 people urged to evacuate as a powerful typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to southwestern islands and was forecast to ...

Find serenity on land and in the sea ...

A new coal carrier, Shinryo Maru, was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. on March 9. The new coal carrier is the second ship to take the name Shinryo Maru. The first-generation vessel was ...

As the U.S. and Japan tighten their alliance and strengthen their military presence in the country's southwest Okinawan islands near China,... Okinawa's peace movement struggles as military presence ...