A bazaar in Onna village offers the very best of Okinawa in one convenient location. Onna no Eki Nakayukui Market, whose name translates roughly to “Roadside Station,” is an amalgamation of ...

OGIMI, Okinawa -- In a small settlement surrounded by the blue ocean and a verdant forest in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, an elaborately designed white building captures the eye. The ...

OGIMI -- Today's message: anytime I feel old or tired or weary, I will think of the people of Ogimi. The residents of this Okinawan town are a shining symbol of healthy living and long life and made ...

People hold placards as they protest against the presence of U.S. bases, in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago on the southern island of Okinawa prefecture, Japan, June 17 ...

The theme park Okinawa World in Nanjō on the southern tip of Okinawa Island offers natural and cultural attractions that include a vast limestone cave, an orchard of tropical plants, and traditional ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A broken pipe in northern Okinawa caused a widespread water outage Monday for 17 island municipalities and could lead to disruptions on U.S. military bases. Marine Corps camps ...

Nestled in the waters between the giants of Asia, Okinawa has long been considered what journalist Akemi Johnson identifies as a "contact zone," with a 22,000-year history of intersecting cultures, ...

GINOWAN, Japan — The Rev. Shigeaki Kinjo, 78 and in failing health, no longer wanted to talk about that fateful day 62 years ago toward the end of World War II when he beat to death his mother, ...

U.S. military waste is seen lined up on the road in front of a gate to the U.S. military's Camp Gonsalves, also known as the Northern Training Center, on April 7, 2021. (Photo from Akino Miyagi's blog ...