The third shell was found Feb. 8 and removed March 25 from a site near an elementary school in the Ozato district of Nanjo ...

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

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

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said that the drones will be sent to the U.S. air base in Kadena, on Okinawa Prefecture’s main ...

The chief of the aviation weather station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was under the influence of alcohol while ...

Indeed, the crime that sparked the protests was given only a token mention, leaving the impression that it was the Japan-U.S. alliance itself that Okinawans opposed. Okinawa bears a ...

The Mighty Mo was part of the Pacific Fleet as the forces of Japan deployed kamikazes to sea when she was hit.

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday paid their respects to the war dead on Ioto Island in the Pacific, the ...

The mass suicide occurred in April 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa, the largest ground battle in Japan during the war.

US to send long-range surveillance drones to Japan amid tensions in Taiwan - Drones to be sent for indefinite deployment to ...

These developments come as Japan is increasingly alarmed by the prospect of an invasion of Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com.