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 ...

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

A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan Society website. Japanese third- and fourth-graders are required to practice ...

Takamatsu runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge - parts of the skulls, he says, of an infant ...

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 ...

A new nature-immersive theme park, JUNGLIA OKINAWA, is set to open in Okinawa this July (25th) offering visitors the chance ...

A new medical center equipped with advanced instruments has opened at the site of the former West Futenma Housing Area in Okinawa Prefecture, which was returned to Japan from the U.S. military in ...

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

YONAGUNI, Okinawa Prefecture--This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no ... Yonaguni fisheries association chief and town assembly member Shigenori Takenishi said.

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 ...