NAHA--Harumi Miyagi was stunned when she learned an Okinawan infant was raped by a U.S. serviceman. Only 9 months old when she was assaulted in September 1949, she was the youngest victim ...

The Okinawan people, who live in the southern islands of Japan, are renowned for their extraordinarily long lifespans. Known ...

The government's case was further undermined when Hayashi confirmed that it had withheld information on three more cases of sexual assault against Okinawan women - in February and August 2023 and ...

The population of this island live to a remarkable old age, with women in particular reaching the age of 100 with astonishing ...

Bae Ponggi, a Korean woman who became a comfort woman for the former Japanese military in 1944, testifies for the first time in Okinawa in 1975, after Okinawa was returned to the mainland.

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — A woman opposed to U.S. military presence on Okinawa was convicted in a Japanese court recently on 16 counts related to her protests the past four years, including a threat ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...