KITA-NAKAGUSUKU, Okinawa Prefecture--A park created from a residential area at a U.S. military base here has opened to the public ahead of its handover to Japan. The Lower Plaza Housing Area at ...

Yasumoto was held in a detention camp after she ... The Battle of Okinawa began late March and was the only ground battle involving civilians fought in Japan. Prefectural records state that ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Roughly 45 students at ... Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications ...

Japan's government has compiled a plan to evacuate people from remote islands in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa in the event of emergencies. The plan, the first of its kind, was released ...

adding the service's first U.S. anti-ship missile battery in Okinawa, Japan, under its newest littoral concept. The 12th Littoral Combat Team was established in a ceremony at Camp Hansen ...