battery on the prefecture's main Okinawa island. The Defense Ministry notified Okinawa prefectural authorities Aug. 31 of the plan to install the SSM battery at the Ground Self-Defense Force's ...

ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--When underwater photographer Kazushige Horiguchi dived in waters off Ishigakijima island, he saw that a "miracle" had occurred. Horiguchi has taken pictures of coral ...

This is the only day care center on Tonaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, but since its establishment in 2019, it has remained closed without a single child setting foot inside. Meanwhile ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

A Chinese woman who made headlines two years ago by claiming on social media to have bought an island in Okinawa is planning to visit the island this summer, Chinese media have reported.

Part of that plan includes booting roughly 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa, an island that accounts for less than 1% of Japan's total land mass, but houses 70% of all U.S. military facilities in the ...

Cargo weighing 400 to 450 kilograms dropped from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft was blown off course and ended up in waters near a small island in Okinawa in southern Japan, a prefectural government ...

If you have seen and heard about a heart-shaped island and questioned whether or not it is true, the answer is yes, it is true, and it does exist. It is not a myth or a fairytale. It is a place where ...

Today, with more than 35 inhabited islands, Okinawa features a unique culture alongside wild nature. Its numerous beaches, which have the longest open season in Japan of roughly seven months ...

Junglia Okinawa, a theme park where visitors can enjoy nature, is set to open on July 25 in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Osaka-based marketing firm Katana Inc. has announced. The theme park, ...

Shura Island, a dolphin-shaped gem off the coast of Saudi Arabia, is set to become the centrepiece of a huge scheme called the Red Sea Project. With 11 luxury resorts under construction ...

or the actual “World” — an archipelago of 300 man-made islands in the shape of, as its name suggests, the world. And now, a new project by Therme Group, a global developer of wellbeing ...