The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight ...

Cute but not cuddly, a colony of sea squirts dubbed “Skeleton panda ascidian” by divers after being discovered in waters off Okinawa Prefecture has been identified as a new species. The sea ...

Seven minutes away is Euglena Mall, a shopping arcade reminiscent of Kokusai-Dori in style and offerings, albeit smaller.

who is researching coral reefs in the sea off the Ryukyu Islands, which lie to the southwest of the main Japanese islands and constitute Okinawa Prefecture. “It is important to maintain the ...

“That’s the tragedy of war, and that’s why we should never start a war again.” The Battle of Okinawa lasted 82 todays, with ...

Based on the design of the F/A-18 Hornet, the EA-18G Growler is one of the best aircraft for its particular mission set in ...

At the end of World War Two, Yoshida Susumu's father Takeo died when his ship sank in Okinawa. Now, 80 years later, Yoshida is still hoping to find his remains. He knows where the ship sank and he ...

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts just opened its first resort in Japan—on Okinawa's Miyako Island—and Travel + Leisure was the first in.

In a panel on Pacific Islander filmmaking organized by the Hawai’i International Film Festival last year, a Native Hawaiian producer noted that fellow creatives in the region were “not divided by land ...

In many ways, Okinawa is another world unto itself, a mystical side of Japan not only in terms of historical significance but also in food and way of life. The sun, sea and sand may resonate with ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest ... Civilians dodged bullets and sea and air bombardments. Without food, water or shelter, survival was almost impossible.