NAHA—Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, whose political identity has been defined by his opposition to a U.S. military base ...

A challenger backed by the Liberal Democratic Party holds a slight lead over the incumbent in Okinawa Prefecture’s ...

Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, has criticized Japan's ...

China Imposes Antidumping Measure on Chip Material from Japan. Beijing, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Monday that it would require importers of a semico ...

NAHA, Japan - Gov. Denny Tamaki, an opponent of the relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, is running ...

With one week to go before the gubernatorial election in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the relationship between ...

Over 50 years have passed since the U.S. returned Okinawa to the Japanese administration, but complex feelings toward ...

With one week to go before the gubernatorial election in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the relationship between the central government and the island prefecture has emerged as a new ...

Half a century has passed since control of Okinawa was returned to Japan, and the economic gap between the prefecture and the mainland has narrowed. However, due to the burden of hosting U.S. military ...

The U.S. Air Force plans to permanently station 36 F-15EX Eagle II fighters at Kadena Air Base to recapitalize the 48 legacy ...

Inamine, a former businessman, was first elected leader of Okinawa in the 1998 gubernatorial election, in which the ...

The refreshing drink buku buku is a unique Okinawan tea originally imbued with social rituals dating from the Ryukyu dynasty.