Eighty years after World War II, some of Japan's last survivors are still pushing for an apology and recognition. But time is ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has announced it will hold a large-scale training exercise next month at locations across the country with the US military.

The 18th Wing said the wheel was recovered on the flightline at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean ...

The Australian government chose the upgraded Mogami-class frigate, manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan, for its navy's future fleet of general purpose frigates, according to officials ...

For two weeks, students from Chatan and Kadena studied English and Hawaiian history at Tokai University in West Oahu.

The US Air Force's 18th Wing stationed in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, says an F-15E fighter jet landed at Kadena Air Base on ...

Okinawa was sacrificed by Japan’s Imperial Army to defend the mainland, historians say. The island group remained under U.S. occupation until its reversion in 1972, two decades longer than most ...

Today, a majority of the 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan under a bilateral security pact and 70% of U.S. military facilities are still in Okinawa, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land.

Japan may hold off on deploying such strike weapons to Miyako to avoid provoking China, only 600km away, but Gabe predicts the country will station aircraft and other missiles in Okinawa.

Okinawans have long known what the Japanese Government means when they repeat (over and over) that Okinawa is the only possible location for any new US bases in Japan: Mainland Japan wants no more ...

Okinawa, Japan, has an unusually high rate of people living past 100. One key to Okinawa's Blue Zone status is the region's traditional cuisine. Okinawans fill up on foods rich in antioxidants ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted nearly three months, killing some 200,000 people — about 12,000 Americans and more than 188,000 Japanese, half of them Okinawan civilians including students and ...