Last month, the Okinawa, Japan-based 12th Marine Littoral Regiment stood up the last of its subordinate units, pulling a ...

Chow down on soki soba, goya champuru, suchika (salted pork belly), island tacos and other Okinawan staples at what has to be ...

Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

Okinawa’s government expressed opposition to the plan, citing increased base-hosting burdens on locals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

hosted by the village of Zamami in the Kerama island chain about 40 kilometers west of the main island of Okinawa. Over 200,000 people, including civilians, were killed in the ground battles on ...