Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

China’s increased deployment of drones in the airspace around the Nansei Islands that span Kyushu and Okinawa Island is seen ...

Okinawa Asian Cuisine opens in Arlington with an all-you-can-eat Japanese menu featuring over 100 made-to-order dishes.

Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan has a long history of emigration. Today, around 420,000 Okinawans and their descendants, are living around the world. This report highlights the journey of a third ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

TOKYO: The contours of Japan's war plans are becoming clearer as the Defence Ministry in recent weeks launched its Joint ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

In Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, American troops landed on its main island on April 1, 1945 toward the end of ...

The United States Marine Corps’ invasion was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theatre, as the Allies fought their way through the Imperial Japanese Army in a bloody 82 day battle. During ...

An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...

The trip was clearly intended to remove recurring questions on Taiwan, for which Congress last year approved the sale of $1 ...

With curators from mainland Japan, Taiwan and Okinawa, the festival was anchored by works from those three regions, with the ...