Police in Yomitan, Okinawa, have arrested a 21-year-old man and his 21-year-old wife on suspicion of killing their one-month-old daughter at their apartment last year. Police said Ryuki Arakaki, a ...

On Okinawa Prefecture's Aguni Island, the traditional New Year celebration "Maasuyaa," based on the old calendar, was held from February 16 to 17. On the island, people cherish the old calendar, and ...

For nearly three decades, Washington and Tokyo have pledged to close a controversial US airbase in Okinawa, located in the middle of a densely populated island. But the plan is now facing new ...

Gary Koza, 85, of Saint Augustine, FL, passed away on January 15, 2026. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 7, 1940, Gary was a proud member of Cedar Rapids Washington High School’s first graduating ...

The beaches aren’t for swimming and visitors rent EVs on this southern Japanese island, where tourism authorities are trying to redefine what it means to be green. The Hoshinoya Okinawa, as seen from ...

George F. Koza, 90, of Wethersfield, beloved husband of Virginia “Cookie” (Murphy) Koza for 70 years, died peacefully on December 23, 2025. Son of the late Frederick and Mary (Spodobalska) Koza, ...

A teen charged alongside his girlfriend with killing a 67-year-old Davidsonville shop owner in May had been employed by the shop owner and was fired the previous year, attorneys said at a hearing this ...

Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures. A new study used cutting-edge genomic techniques on museum specimens to ...

Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Picture this: One day while drinking your ...

Since its debut, the Mafia series has steadily marched forward through the decades – the original is set in the 1930s, its sequel spans the ’40s and ’50s, and Mafia III unfolds during the late ’60s.

What would make someone brutally kill a man who had lived a quiet life, raising rare koi fish in a town where everyone knew his name? That is the unanswered question for the small community of ...