Denny Tamaki, governor of Okinawa prefecture, says his personal story is deeply entwined with the U.S. military’s presence on ...

Tropical Storm Ferdie (international name: Bebinca) exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility but its trough and the ...

A special exhibition themed on the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion is running at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama until Sept. 4, featuring photos that include the one Ishikawa took ...

“We do not clearly know if the photos were taken in Okinawa. Looking at the vegetation, they might be from the Nanyo Islands [south of Japan] or the Philippines,” he said. “But many ...

On Sept. 22, 2006,the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched a sun-observing satellite called Hinode, or Solar-B. It ...

A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to 733rd Air Mobility Squadron delivers MQ-9 Reaper systems at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 13, 2024. US Marine Corps Photo ...

Due to its proximity to Tokyo—less than 1,500 miles—it later became a staging base to launch bomber attacks on mainland Japan. The island is a similar distance to China and other flashpoints ...

The ministry will use the satellite to demonstrate that commercial satellites can be used to capture timely images that will enhance Japan's information-gathering and analyzing capabilities, it said. ...

The ministry will use the satellite to demonstrate that commercial satellites can be used to capture timely images that will enhance Japan's information-gathering and analyzing capabilities ...

“This is the first time I saw a typhoon sweeping across all of Japan,” a resident in the capital, Tokyo, told Reuters. “Typhoons are supposed to go north from Okinawa ... northward march across the ...