Tanegashima Space Center is on the southeastern tip of the island, about a 40-minute drive from the island airport or about ...
Incumbent Governor Denny Tamaki is known for his staunch anti-U.S. base sentiment. His re-election bid will ripple through ...
A tropical cyclone developed into this year’s 20th typhoon about 90 kilometers north-northwest off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The new ...
TOKYO - Typhoon No. 18 (Soudelor) formed near the Truk Islands on August 19 and is forecast to strengthen as it gradually turns northwest, potentially approaching the Ogasawara Islands before moving ...
The grandson of a U.S. Marine who was stationed on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in 1945 is seeking information about the three Japanese people that appear in a photograph with his grandfather.