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

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

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

Also known as a "departure tax", this tax was introduced in 2019. It is automatically included in travel fares and applies to ...

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Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper ...

Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and ...

Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze in ...

China has made extensive use of malinformation. Its story about the Okinawa protests – headlined “Okinawan People Demand ...

The teriyaki recipe said to have originated in chef Toshi Kasahara’s kitchen in the 1970s is usually sweeter, thicker, and more heavily spiced than what you’d find in Japan, not subtle ... s ...

The Gateway (GW) 2050 Projects are a major public-private sector initiative aimed at realizing the integrated use of three U.S. military facilities near residential areas on the west coast of Okinawa ...

New to the map in March 2025: Tachigui Sushi Uogashi ... incorporating audacious, humorous ideas into Japan’s highly formalized kaiseki tradition. Expect foie gras in your appetizer and unique ...