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 ...

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

In the de facto head-to-head battle, challenger Genta Koja, 42, said he will stop making the central government look like a ...

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

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 ...

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.

U.S., Japanese and Australian ground forces are testing artificial intelligence, integrated sensors and other emerging ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — An aircraft incident shut the runway at this U.S. base south of Hiroshima for ...

At the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Asaka, located in Tokyo's Nerima Ward and neighboring municipalities, on ...

Held on Aug 26, Rescue Flag 26-1 brought together forces from the USAF, USMC, JMSDF, and JASDF for a comprehensive simulated casualty exercise. A USAF CV-22B Osprey joined a JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self ...