Japanese troops last week defused another American-made shell believed to be left over from World War II and removed it from ...

Okinawa Memorial Day, observed on June 23, is a day for mourning the victims of the savage ground warfare in the final months of World War II and praying for permanent peace. One in four Okinawans ...

Hundreds of activists took part in a peace march in Okinawa on May 13 to call for the removal of U.S. bases from the southernmost prefecture and to remember the devastation left by World War II.

Luring visitors with golden beaches and picturesque palm trees, Okinawa is a wandering knight, never failing to surprise travellers with a backstory that's even more enticing. What awaits is, quite ...

In the last stages of World War II, the allied forces considered Okinawa a strategic point for attacking Japan's main islands. The US mobilized about half a million personnel, far outnumbering the ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

World War II brought even greater devastation to the island. The Battle of Okinawa in 1945, one of the war’s bloodiest, claimed the lives of nearly a third of the civilian population.

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

Okinawa was under post-World War II occupation until 1972, but still bears the lion's share of military facilities and personnel when compared to the rest of Japan. Okinawans have long protested U ...

While Okinawa makes up 0.6% of Japan’s total ... The presence of the U.S. military is one of the legacies of World War II, where the island was the site of a bloody battle that claimed the ...

The window fell from a CH-53E helicopter (file picture) Part of a US helicopter has crashed on a school in Okinawa, Japan, renewing tensions with the local population. The window dropped on the ...