Okinawa on Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972, which ended 27 years of U.S. rule after one of the bloodiest battles of World War II was fought on the southern ...

The island is also the birthplace of Okinawan karate and offers opportunities to experience traditional performing arts and cuisine like Goya Chanpuru and Awamori liquor. Getting There Naha Airport on ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Jan. 8, 1900, 26 men arrived in Hawaii from Okinawa, Japan, as contract laborers for the sugar and pineapple plantations. This year marks the 125th anniversary of ...

There are many dishes unique to Okinawa at restaurants in Okinawa, and one of them is “Okinawa Champon.” When most people hear the word champon, they imagine a noodle dish with a milky white soup, ...

The other day, The Okinawa Times “killed” its regular TV listings page to print a full-page chronological table of sex crimes committed by American troops in Okinawa since 1945. There were 371 ...

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Jan. 8 (UPI) --A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S. service members in Okinawa in 2024. Okinawa Prefecture ...

Cargo weighing 400 to 450 kilograms dropped from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft was blown off course and ended up in waters near a small island in Okinawa in southern Japan, a prefectural government ...

Given this unique setting, the design choice steered away from an “Okinawa-like” building style with large openings, which would have seemed out of place. Instead, the vision was to create a ...

Strawberry cheesecake, harissa-spiced brisket, sheet-pan salmon, and more recipes perfect for winter ...