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

April 1945. The Pacific War had decisively turned in favour for the United States. During the waning days of that month, the ...

On Thursday, 18 pieces of ordnance believed to date to WWII were detonated on land at Kubasu Beach on Miyakojima, an island ...

According to official estimates, only 2,600 bodies from the Battle of Okinawa are yet to be recovered, but residents and long-time volunteers say many more are buried ...

Observers say Chinese envoy’s comments about ‘indigenous’ Okinawans not intended to question Japan’s rule over southern ...

Marines on Okinawa began training in July with the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, in preparation for the system’s future deployment to the island, according to the ...

A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and ...

Marines from across the fleet have long encountered ghosts and eerie phenomenon. This article compiles some of the more ...

A child accused. Everyone left to answer.

I dreamt last night that all the writers and editors at the Star-Advertiser were in meetings, sick or on vacation, and I had ...

U.S. Marines currently deployed to the Caribbean are well poised for any potential conflict in the U.S. Southern Command Area ...

Most of U.S. troops in Japan are stationed in Okinawa TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- The U.S. military in Japan has charged a Marine with rape and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in ...