Days after two Marine colonels formally apologized to Okinawan officials for a lance corporal’s misconduct, two more U.S.

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago.

A 25-year-old airman is accused of punching his girlfriend while, separately, a 21-year-old marine allegedly put his hands ...

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks. The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant ...

NAHA -- As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against U.S. forces began, the Japanese military built airbases throughout ...

Concerns are growing in Okinawa Prefecture that it could become embroiled in military conflict as the Self-Defense Forces bolster missile deployment in the sprawling southwestern Nansei Islands ...

Lance Corporal Jamel Clayton, 22, attacked and choked the woman from behind and tried to have sex with her, the Naha district ...

The city plans to send the special zone status application jointly with the Okinawa Prefectural Government to the central ...

Col. Neil Owens, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Division, apologizes to Okinawa prefectural government after last month's ...

At least four people have been injured following an explosion near a U.S. military air base in Japan. Local and defense ministry officials said that four Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (SFD) members ...

People pray for victims inside a cave in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, June 23, 2025 as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.

Visitors look towards the sea at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, June 23, 2025 as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.