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

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

Laura Millar visits a Blue Zone in Italy to find out their age-old secret to longevity.

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

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

Leaders of India, Russia, China and other countries are set to meet in New Delhi for the BRICS Summit as New Delhi faces a ...

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

The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to be on high alert for landslides, rising river levels and floods in some ...

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

TOKYO: Typhoon Krovanh, also known as Typhoon No. 24, has formed in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Okinawa Prefecture's main ...

An American tourist faces arson and attempted murder charges for an Okinawa hotel fire wherein a Marine helped rescue guests.