NAHA--A weakened Tropical Storm Mawar headed toward Japan's southern archipelago of Okinawa on Thursday, leading businesses and the airport to close and fishermen to batten down their boats in ...

KIN BLUE BEACH, Okinawa — An hourlong amphibious landing by U.S. Marines and Japanese troops over the weekend served as the “key bilateral training event” of Iron Fist, a defining exercise ...

The southernmost and westernmost region of Japan, made up of multiple islands geographically closer to Taipei than Tokyo, Okinawa may be best known historically as the site of several bloody battles ...