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 ...

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

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 ...

I have seen the places where the Battle of Okinawa took place—the caves, the memorials, and the landscapes marked by battle damage — since one of the ...

The Okinawa gubernatorial election is expected to effectively be a one-on-one battle between Denny Tamaki, who is seeking a third term, and Genta Koja, a former deputy mayor of Naha.

A majority of residents in Okinawa Prefecture are constantly opposed to the planned relocation of the U.S. Futenma base in ...

The first stop was a dairy farm in Hyogo Prefecture called Awaji Island Milk. Once we were set to leave Awaji Island to our ...