American and Japanese students teamed up in Okinawa for a cultural exchange, hosted in part by Department of Defense ...

A bazaar in Onna village offers the very best of Okinawa in one convenient location. Onna no Eki Nakayukui Market, whose name translates roughly to “Roadside Station,” is an amalgamation of ...

Nestled in the waters between the giants of Asia, Okinawa has long been considered what journalist Akemi Johnson identifies as a "contact zone," with a 22,000-year history of intersecting cultures, ...

OGIMI, Okinawa -- In a small settlement surrounded by the blue ocean and a verdant forest in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, an elaborately designed white building captures the eye. The ...

Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and lodging for 15 Japanese soldiers at her home in 1945. When a U.S. military ...

OGIMI -- Today's message: anytime I feel old or tired or weary, I will think of the people of Ogimi. The residents of this Okinawan town are a shining symbol of healthy living and long life and made ...

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She ...

People hold placards as they protest against the presence of U.S. bases, in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago on the southern island of Okinawa prefecture, Japan, June 17 ...

GINOWAN, Japan — The Rev. Shigeaki Kinjo, 78 and in failing health, no longer wanted to talk about that fateful day 62 years ago toward the end of World War II when he beat to death his mother, ...

U.S. military waste is seen lined up on the road in front of a gate to the U.S. military's Camp Gonsalves, also known as the Northern Training Center, on April 7, 2021. (Photo from Akino Miyagi's blog ...

Dr Mahathir Mohamad's fascination for Japanese culture and work ethics is well known. Three months after the May 9 general election in 2018, the prime minister was quoted as stating that the Pakatan ...