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

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

Kadena and Kubasaki will clash plenty of times with each other in tennis, volleyball and cross country during the ...

The island of Okinawa, at the southern end of Japan, has historically been known for longevity; once called the land of ...

Typhoon No. 24 slowed near southwestern Japan on Sept. 4 and could linger over waters near Okinawa through around Sept. 8, ...

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

A powerful typhoon is heading west over the East China Sea after slamming Okinawa and other remote southwestern Japanese ...

Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency landslide warnings for the village of ...

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

TOKYO: Typhoon Krovanh, also known as Typhoon No. 24, is moving Thursday (Sept 3) over the waters off Minami-Daito Island in ...

U.S. military installations on Okinawa moved ships and aircraft, secured facilities and prepared as Typhoon Saudel approached ...

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