Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

Several artifacts date back to the 18th and 19th centuries and hold a place in the long history of Okinawa, including portraits, a hand-drawn map, pottery, and ceramics, the release noted.

They represent the blending of Japanese and Ryukyu styles adopted by local women at the time, according to Ichiko Yonamine, a researcher of the history of dyeing technology at the Okinawa ...

The Battle of Okinawa began late March and was the only ... after holding hearings with former residents to document its history. What emerged from his research was the immense suffering of ...

We hear folk songs recalling the sufferings and troubled history of Okinawa, from the samurai conquest incorporating it into Japan to the US invasion of WWII. We also discover the secret of the ...

Teaching children on US base the history of Okinawa The Kinser Elementary School, located on the US Marine Corps’ Camp Kinzer, started teaching its students about the Battle of Okinawa five ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

The commandant of the Marine Corps expressed concern Wednesday over a U.S. agreement with the Japanese government that requires the service to move thousands of its troops off of Okinawa.

Breeding habitat is mature forest at least 30 years old, with tall trees of more than eight inches in diameter. RANGE: The Okinawa woodpecker lives only in Yanbaru, a small area of forested woodlands ...

It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail is fluked, similar to those of whales or other cetaceans. As an ...