A French Navy frigate is making a port call at a US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The vessel is taking part in a trilateral exercise with Japan and the United States in the ...

The Ryukyu Miyarabi Kokeshi became a famed souvenir when it went on display at the Okinawa Ocean Expo in 1975. But a large stock of unsold dolls later piled up as fewer tourists visited Okinawa ...

The 1975 Okinawa Ocean Expo, a huge event to celebrate the prefecture's May 15, 1972, return to Japanese sovereignty, named its mascot Oki-chan, which it also bestowed upon the Indo-Pacific ...

The Japanese government has commenced full-scale land reclamation work in Oura Bay off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture ... some 70 meters from the ocean surface to improve the ...

During the Bilateral Aircraft Mishap Functional Training Exercise, U.S. Navy sailors and Japanese emergency responders ...

The U.S. and Japanese governments agreed to move the base in 1996, but the Okinawa prefectural government has repeatedly delayed construction. Oil seepage was confirmed on the ocean surface around ...

At the Tropical Dream Center in Motobu Town's Ocean Expo Park, 80,000 tulips of some 40 varieties are in full bloom. The park ...

NAKIJIN, Okinawa -- More than 200 impressive red columns at a public hall here have been letting the soothing ocean breezes blow through for almost half a century. The Nakijinson Central Public ...

Sean Hu’s “Ocean Elegy: The Tragedies of Mudan and ... will world premiere as the opening film of Japan‘s Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival.

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs. Home to World War II sites and a distinct “Blue Zone” culinary ...