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Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off the explosives underwater at 1 p.m., about 2,300 feet offshore from ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Japan Engineer District (USACE JED) is nearing completion on a modern headquarters building designed to significantly enhance ...

The Americans had been there her whole life, when the United States seized Okinawa from Japan after the end of World War II. But she knew the dead girl, who was a customer at her family’s small ...

A wide gap exists between Okinawa Prefecture and the rest of Japan on whether the southern island prefecture should continue to host the bulk of U.S. military bases in Japan, surveys showed.

U.S. Marines during training last month in Okinawa, Japan.Credit... Supported by By Martin Fackler Photographs by Chang W. Lee Reporting from Camp Foster and Naha, Okinawa Before Christmas ...

Eighteen years following the bilateral agreement between Japan and the United States, the relocation process for U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa has ... such as barracks and training facilities ...

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.

Luring visitors with golden beaches and picturesque palm trees, Okinawa is a wandering knight, never failing to surprise travellers with a backstory that's even more enticing. What awaits is ...

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki called on the central government to present a clear plan for the transfers, and for the process to be completed as soon as possible. Under the plans, Japan is supposed to ...

A tsunami warning was issued for Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday morning after a strong earthquake near Taiwan. The warning was later lifted, but it disrupted ...

That crime touched off mass protests that forced the United States and Japan to agree on shrinking the American bases, which were built after the United States stormed Okinawa during a bloody ...