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 ...

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

The refreshing drink buku buku is a unique Okinawan tea originally imbued with social rituals dating from the Ryukyu dynasty.

A built-in support system often does a lot of the heavy lifting for military families with a neurodivergent member. The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) flags your family' ...

Studio Sasayuri's adaptation of Machiko Kyo's wartime manga turns a real-life tragedy into one of the year's most humbling ...

Commander Christopher Poulos continues a lifetime of service. For Commander Christopher Poulos, service has never been limited to a single role or uniform ...

The US is currently updating the fighter jets stationed in Japan, while various airstrips are being upgraded to support ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, and the U.S. and Australian militaries held an opening ceremony Wednesday for their joint command post exercise to be staged at multiple locations in Japan. The ...

Pat McAfee is adding another chapter to an already unpredictable career.

While some big stories are also written about in other news outlets covering the military, many of them are only discovered because Stars and Stripes’ civilian and military journalists work and live ...

Few places on Earth pack as much geopolitical weight into such a small footprint as Guam. This 212-square-mile island, home to roughly 170,000 American citizens, sits at one of the most consequential ...

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.