The island of Iriomote is the largest in the Yaeyama archipelago, at the south-westernmost tip of Japan’s Okinawa prefecture. It is nearly 2,000km from the bustle and neon of Tokyo, but further ...

At least 147 such stations are known to have existed in the southern island prefecture ... she had come to Japan. Yet Pae ...

Okinawa, with a population of 1.5 million, hosts 70 percent of the American bases despite accounting for only 0.6 percent of Japan’s landmass. There are 80,000 Americans on the island , of whom ...

KITA-DAITO, Okinawa Prefecture--The village mayor of this remote island in southernmost Japan has agreed to allow the Air Self-Defense Force to deploy mobile warning and control radar to track ...

Clickable Location Map of Naha Airport on Google Map. General information about Japan where Naha Airport is located in the city of Okinawa. General information include capital of Japan, currency and ...

A road trip around Okinawa reveals why locals consider themselves apart from the rest of Japan, with its history and cuisine moulded by a rich Ryukyu past and South Pacific sensitivities.

Northern part of Okinawa Island: Japan N26 43 29.21 E128 13 12.38 7,721 ha: 3,398 ha: 1574-005 Iriomote Island: Japan N24 19 34.25 E123 48 31.47 20,822 ha: 3,594 ha: Expand Table south Download ...

(Since the United States occupied Okinawa in 1945, driving on the right had been the norm, even after the prefecture’s return to Japan in 1972.) Regrettably, we did not get to explore much in ...

A new theme park centered around a UNESCO World Nature Heritage registered forest will open in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa in 2025, as more tourists flood into the country and consumers ...

Kitadaito, Okinawa Pref. – The village of Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, will accept the planned deployment of an Air Self-Defense Force mobile radar, Mayor Mitsunori Onizuka said Monday.