Incumbent Governor Denny Tamaki is known for his staunch anti-U.S. base sentiment. His re-election bid will ripple through ...

Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday (August 8, 2026), injuring six people and ⁠cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ...

Military families arriving on Okinawa are spending an average of three to five weeks searching for homes amid a tight housing ...

The Okinawa City Museum of Postwar Culture and History specifically focuses on the affereffects of World War II on the local ...

Typhoon Dolphin has cut power to at least 44,000 buildings and injured at least five people after hitting Japan's Okinawa island on Saturday. Flights to and from Okinawa's main airport - Naha ...

For decades, Okinawa has prided itself as a hotspot for longevity. In 1999, the Japanese islands were listed as one of five ...

TOKYO: Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday (Aug 8), injuring five people and cutting power to 14,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ahead of ...

Naha, Okinawa Pref. – With only a month left to go until the Sept. 13 Okinawa gubernatorial election, neither of the two main potential candidates has been able to secure a decisive lead in the ...

Five elderly people, three of whom fell due to strong winds, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Okinawa while another person was injured in Kagoshima prefecture, the authorities said. Nearly 39 ...

The 44th Okinawan Festival returns to Honolulu Sept. 5-6 with a new food pop-up, entertainment, and cultural activities, but ...

Forty-five meters beneath the Pacific, Kingo Wakasa hovers beside the rusted hull of a World War II war grave off northern Okinawa. The ship below is the USS Emmons, an American destroyer scuttled on ...