Perhaps influenced by a certain TV drama, I found myself interested in meeting doctors who work on their own on remote islands. Such doctors, who live and work surrounded by nature, may also feel the ...

The Chia Laguna Resort sits in a lush and untamed landscape known as the macchia mediterranea. This dense shrubland is home ...

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 ...

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

Typhoon Krovanh, also known as Typhoon No. 24, remained stalled near Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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

The Kanto-Koshin eastern to central regions and the Tokai central region of Japan are expected to see heavy rain on Monday as a front located off the country's Pacific coast is seen moving to the ...

Japan's weather agency warned Sunday of intense rain in Tokyo and six other prefectures heading into Monday due to the ...

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

The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center issued an orange storm surge warning at 11 am on Saturday, urging ...