As thousands gather in Okinawa’s capital city for the annual Naha Great Tug of War Festival, Okinawans from Hawaii were also ...

Hawaii and Okinawa have a lot in common, but you'll be surprised at the parallels when it comes to food and fashion.

U.S. military police will expand solo patrols to Okinawa prefecture’s capital, Naha city, continuing an effort to stem crime ...

NAHA, Okinawa (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the past 40 years, Hawaii has had a great sister-state relationship with Okinawa, an ...

The city of Nanjo in Okinawa Prefecture decided on Tuesday to submit an application for special zone status to produce awamori, a type of shōchū liquor. The city plans to send the application jointly ...

OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture--The incumbent mayor of Okinawa won re-election on April 24, the latest in a string of blows dealt to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki’s All Okinawa group. Sachio Kuwae, 66, ...

Five Marines in Okinawa were awarded commendations for assisting a Japanese man who had suffered a head injury after an ...

Dozens of rusting barrels unearthed on former U.S. military land in Okinawa City have been identified as containing chemical precursors to defoliant Agent Orange, a toxic compound used widely in the ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. Protesters opposing the U.S. military's ...