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Days after two Marine colonels formally apologized to Okinawan officials for a lance corporal’s misconduct, two more U.S.
Anthony Easton closed out 31 years with the Marine Corps this week by turning over his duties as sergeant major of Marine ...
Okinawa commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa with a solemn ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman ...
The Okinawa diet is based on a traditional style of eating that people living in Japan’s Okinawa islands follow. This diet ...
Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.
The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning against strong winds, storm surges and damage from landslides from extremely powerful Typhoon No. 9, which pummeled Okinawa Prefecture on the morning of ...
If you want to find the deep south of Japan, go to Okinawa, an island home to a U.S. air base that sits closer to Taiwan than ...
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.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visited Okinawa Prefecture on June 4 ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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, ...
Marine Corps Jet Crashes Off the Coast of Okinawa, Pilot Rescued. The pilot ejected safely and was rescued after the plane went down. By ABC News. September 22, 2016, 4:06 AM. 0:16.