Okinawa was then annexed into modern Japan. After becoming one of the bloodiest battle sites in the Pacific War, the southernmost island prefecture came under U.S. military rule for 27 years.

Maj. Zachary M. Sessa led the Black Knights attack squadron on multiple strikes against Houthi weapons facilities in Yemen.

A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima, marking the first such discovery on the island in more than 20 years ...

Shinichi Gibo survived the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 at the age of 6, but he has lived with a persistent trauma ever since.

NAHA—Less than a week after joint Japan-U.S. anti-crime patrols started in Okinawa Prefecture, police here on April 23 announced that two U.S. Marine Corps members have been accused of sexual ...

TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa have referred two U.S. Marines to prosecutors on suspicion of committing separate sexual assaults against women, ...

TOKYO – Two US marines in Japan’s Okinawa are under investigation for alleged rapes, the police said on April 24, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents.

NAHA (Kyodo) -- A U.S. Marine in his 20s is facing criminal charges including allegedly raping a woman last month in a restroom of an American military base in Japan's Okinawa, investigative ...

Two US marines stationed in Okinawa, Japan, face investigation. They are suspected of rape. The incidents occurred on US military bases. One marine is also suspected of injuring a woman.

The first episode of the series covers January-March 1945, which includes the battles of Iwo Jima and Manila, the firebombing ...

A U.S. Marine in his 20s is facing criminal charges including allegedly raping a woman last month in a restroom of an American military base in Japan's Okinawa, investigative sources said Wednesday.

Naha, Okinawa Pref. (Jiji Press) — Okinawa prefectural police have sent prosecutors papers on two U.S. Marines suspected of sexually assaulting women in the southernmost Japan prefecture ...