Visiting Okinawa, I was struck by how much it didn't feel like I was in Japan. Not only are the vast majority of buildings made of concrete, but they are designed in a unique Okinawan way.

A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey transport aircraft has accidentally dropped a cargo pallet weighing 400-450 kilograms into waters near Ie Island in Okinawa Prefecture, prefectural officials said Tuesday.

A cherry blossom festival is attracting people to a mountain in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, ahead of other places in the country. About 7,000 cherry trees of the hikanzakura variety are ...

Home to World War II sites and a distinct “Blue Zone” culinary culture, Okinawa has long been a secret getaway for locals, and serves as a refreshing alternative to Japan’s more well-trodden ...

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Part of that plan includes booting roughly 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa, an island that accounts for less than 1% of Japan's total land mass, but houses 70% of all U.S. military facilities in the ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

About 19,000 Marines are currently stationed in Okinawa. The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to move about 9,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam and other locations in the Pacific, including ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Workers in southwestern Japan on Tuesday worked to clear a road blocked by a small landslide and repair ...

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A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...