An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...

Okinawa, an island off Japan in the East China Sea, boasts close-knit communities whose members outlive the global average lifespan. While mainland Japan grapples with increasing disease rates and ...

NAHA--A Chinese-affiliated company, not Beijing, bought about half of the uninhabited isle of Yanahajima, located north of Okinawa Prefecture’s main island, local officials told The Asahi Shimbun.

The song made Uezu want to see Okinawa again. Tears welled up in his eyes as he remembered the blue skies and water of his hometown. Uezu, now 83, was born in the South Sea Islands before the ...

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles in the ...

Zamami, Okinawa Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands ...

WASHINGTON — Reality TV veteran David Genat made history on last night’s season two finale of NBC’s “Deal or No Deal Island,” winning a record-breaking $5.8 million prize, the largest ...

Between 2013 and 2017, the East Asian power constructed seven artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago, a cluster claimed by five other governments—Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan ...

The government has released a comprehensive plan to evacuate residents and tourists on the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture to eight other prefectures in the event of a Taiwan contingency. The ...

Whitney Adebayo has quit social media after being racially abused following her appearance on a Netflix show. The Love Island star appeared on KSI's show Inside but she has received furious ...

leaving saturated red-dirt communities living "on an island" as water blocks all road access. Rain has poured from thick blankets of clouds across parts of Queensland and New South Wales ...