Most people head to Okinawa for its pristine beaches and relaxing resorts, but now there’s an exciting new reason to visit ...

The highly anticipated Junglia Okinawa theme park opened its doors on July 25, drawing early-morning crowds and boosting ...

Okinawa prefecture and two towns adjacent to Kadena Air Base have made formal protests to U.S. and Japanese authorities after ...

A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.

This video shows how to make Okinawa taco rice in a cafe-style presentation. It includes an easy salsa, Japanese-style taco ...

Ryukyu Bingata symbolises the maritime kingdom's prosperity through trade and royal culture. Bingata is still dyed by hand.

The 43rd Okinawan Festival will feature performances of Okinawan dance, karate, taiko and music by local groups and special ...

Eighty years after the Battle of Okinawa, thousands of victims remain unaccounted for. One man continues to search for the ...

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on March 1, 2019, after a vote on the relocation of a U.S. base on the island on Feb. 25.

Okinawa is geographically closer to China and the Philippines than it is to Japan's main islands. It was an independent kingdom until the Japanese Empire annexed it in 1879.

Okinawa, with a population of 1.5 million, hosts 70 percent of the American bases despite accounting for only 0.6 percent of Japan’s landmass. There are 80,000 Americans on the island, of whom ...

NAHA—With a hefty price tag totaling 70 billion yen ($483 million), Junglia Okinawa's roller coaster-esque journey is barreling toward another summit as the theme park's much-anticipated July 25 ...