Kiyoko Tokashiki recalls braving the pouring rain in a park in 1972 to protest the reversion of Okinawa to Japan while U.S.

NAHA--The island prefecture of Okinawa got left behind from mainland Japan decades ago. Postwar U.S. military occupation ...

No policy, no matter how salutary or noble, ever survives a bureaucracy intent on killing it. Last month’s Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee reiterated a decade-long ...

U.S. military police plan to resume their own street patrols on Okinawa in time for the New Year’s holiday, a month after a U.S. civilian was body slammed outside a bar, according to Japan’s Ministry ...

TOKYO — Threatening lawsuits and protests, opponents are gearing up to fight a decision by Okinawa’s governor that could pave the way for a new U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island. U.S.

OKINAWA, Japan — President Biden and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss upgrades to the two countries' alliance that are being felt on this island, which hosts some 70% of U.S ...

An elderly man visits a height near the U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO — Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki on Sunday urged Japan ...

TOKYO – Denny Tamaki, the newly elected governor of Okinawa, is the first person with an American parent to lead the southern Japanese island, campaigning on a longtime popular demand to reduce the ...

For military families, moving overseas often means navigating tight timelines, new languages and unfamiliar processes. For ...