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

NAHA -- As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against U.S. forces began, the Japanese military built airbases throughout ...

Days after two Marine colonels formally apologized to Okinawan officials for a lance corporal’s misconduct, two more U.S.

The number of SDF personnel stationed in Okinawa Prefecture exceeded 7,000 in 2016, when the first defense outpost in the Nansei Islands opened in Yonagunijima, Japan’s westernmost island just ...

A 25-year-old airman is accused of punching his girlfriend while, separately, a 21-year-old marine allegedly put his hands ...

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

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about "Okinawa Memorial Day," which falls on June ...

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

The city plans to send the special zone status application jointly with the Okinawa Prefectural Government to the central ...

Two Chinese government ships have entered Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture in the East China Sea.

Visitors look towards the sea at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, June 23, 2025 as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.

People pray for victims inside a cave in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, June 23, 2025 as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.