URUMA, Okinawa Prefecture--The Defense Ministry deployed its first ground-to-ship missile system in Okinawa’s main island to target “enemy” vessels. The batteries were set up March 21 at ...

URUMA, Okinawa Prefecture—The Defense Ministry tried to reassure residents here about safety and other issues concerning a planned new Ground Self-Defense Force training site, but the ...

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Resolutions for its cancellation were also passed by the Uruma Municipal and Okinawa Prefectural assemblies. The plan was revoked just four months after its announcement. One of the things this ...

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The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing — and 80 years later, their bones are still being unearthed by dedicated volunteers. Japan’s southernmost ...

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles in 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 ...

Bereaved family members and those who lived through the war place their hands together in tribute in Zamami, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) NAHA -- An Okinawa ...