Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago.

As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against ...

Col. Neil Owens, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Division, apologizes to Okinawa prefectural government after last month's ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

A U.S. Marine convicted June 24 in Japanese court of strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman on Okinawa has ...

The court convicted 22-year-old Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton of "nonconsensual sexual intercourse causing injury," according to a ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Department store in Okinawa hosted its first Hawaii Fair to celebrate Okinawan migration to the ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

A US Marine has been sentenced to seven years in prison, after he was convicted of strangling and sexually assaulting a woman ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week ...