U.S. military bases on Okinawa were bracing for Tropical Storm Mekkhala, the second storm to target the island in a month.

Typhoon No. 13 packing powerful winds and dangerous storm surges is expected to approach the Okinawa and Amami regions around ...

A U.S. civilian who died Wednesday while snorkeling at a popular beach in southern Okinawa was an Air Force veteran deployed ...

This month, Marines on Okinawa got some additional firepower designed to take out enemy warships. Late on Sunday, the 3rd ...

June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day, marking 81 years since organized fighting ended in the Battle of Okinawa close to the end of ...

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and strong winds to parts of southern Japan on Monday, June 1. Footage shared online shows stormy conditions in Okinawa as the typhoon approached. Japan’s ...

She was met with chants, “No to war” and “Protect Article 9“ of the pacifist Constitution that renounces war. Read more at ...

Large-scale memorials, including the Himeyuri Cenotaph, dot the cityscape of Itoman, the site of some of the fiercest ...

The delivery marks the service's latest integration of modernized defenses in the increasingly contested Indo-Pacific.

The Battle of Okinawa was the most savage ground battle staged in Japan during the war, and Mabuni was the site of the last ...

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ITOMAN, Okinawa -- A 14-year-old student recited a poem at this year's Okinawa Memorial Day ceremony here on June 23, ...