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

A majority of residents in Okinawa Prefecture are constantly opposed to the planned relocation of the U.S. Futenma base in the Okinawa city of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another c ...

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

Campaigning began Thursday for an Okinawa gubernatorial election in which incumbent Denny Tamaki, an opponent of the ...

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 ...

GINOWAN, OKINAWA PREF. – Okinawa International University President Hajime Asato called for the immediate closure of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station, at a gathering Thursday to mark 22 ...

NAHA—A record high six candidates officially started campaigning on Aug. 27 for Okinawa’s gubernatorial election, with ...

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

The official campaign period began on Thursday for the Sept. 13 gubernatorial election for Japan's southernmost ...

Commander Christopher Poulos continues a lifetime of service. For Commander Christopher Poulos, service has never been ...

The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting faster than at any point since the Cold War. As China’s military muscle ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry asked for a record-high 8.9 trillion yen for the coming fiscal year, about $55.6 billion.