Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the ...

The Air Force’s 18th Wing is tightening approval measures for nighttime exercises after unauthorized training last month involving simulated explosions and gunfire drew complaints from a neighboring ...

Spring training for Japanese baseball looks familiar; hitters in the batting cage, infielders taking ground balls, and fans ...

The government disclosed guidelines for the construction of underground shelters on outlying islands in Okinawa Prefecture ... For example, Yonaguni town is only about 110 kilometers from Taiwan.

As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa’s economic ... a U.S. Marine Corps air station that sits in a crowded town after years of friction, but Okinawans remain angry at a plan ...

The former mayor of Yonaguni town asked the central government ... by The Asahi Shimbun in 1971, a year before Okinawa reverted to Japan, 56 percent of respondents were opposed to SDF deployment ...

As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa’s economic ... a U.S. Marine Corps air station that sits in a crowded town after years of friction, but Okinawans remain angry at a plan ...

As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa's economic ... a U.S. Marine Corps air station that sits in a crowded town after years of friction, but Okinawans remain angry at a plan that ...