In a rare move, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited the Himeyuri-no-to memorial here on June 23 as part of events marking ...

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

ITOMAN, Japan — "Money should be spent on rice, not missiles," Kunio Aragaki, a resident in Okinawa, told Xinhua News Agency ...

Okinawa on June 23 observed "Memorial Day," marking the day 80 years ago when organized combat between the then Imperial ...

A solemn memorial service was held here on June 23 honoring the victims of the Battle of Okinawa, which ended here 80 years ...

The SDF buildup has spurred concerns across the political spectrum in Okinawa, and many residents remain deeply worried over ...

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

Nakagusuku, Okinawa Pref. (Jiji Press) -- "I want to see my father again," says a daughter of an Okinawan man who died as a ...

Okinawa on Monday vowed to pass on history's lessons in a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the end of a fierce World ...

Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa will hold a memorial ceremony on Monday to remember those who perished during ...

Naha District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old US Marine to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting and ...

Lance Corporal Jamel Clayton, 22, attacked and choked the woman from behind and tried to have sex with her, the Naha district ...