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Okinawa prefecture and two towns adjacent to Kadena Air Base have made formal protests to U.S. and Japanese authorities after an F-15E landed with a missing wheel.
A fire aboard a U.S. military vessel anchored near a naval facility in Okinawa burned for about 12 hours before being extinguis
A fire broke out on a US military vessel off the US Navy's White Beach facility in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Wednesday. According to local coast guards, the fire hit the 210-meter-long amphibious warship USS New Orleans.
A memorial ceremony was held Friday to remember the more than 1,400 victims, including many schoolchildren, of the sinking of the Tsushima Maru evacuation ship in a U.S. torpedo attack 81 years ago during World War II. Survivors and bereaved families prayed for the victims at the ceremony in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.
Specific details on equipment, locations, and timing during "Resolute Dragon" have not been finalized, the U.S. Marine Corps told Newsweek.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War, some 2.3 million Japanese soldiers and military personnel lost their lives,・・・
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Condé Nast Traveler on MSNIn Okinawa, the Enduring Legacy of Bingata Textiles
The art of bingata has been a quiet symbol of resilience on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Now, it's being revived by the descendants of the textile tradition's original practitioners.
Okinawa prefecture has been sampling sites around U.S. bases twice a year since 2017, after high levels of PFOS were detected in 2016, the environmental division statement said.
TOKYO—A giant typhoon swept across Japan's Okinawa prefecture on Tuesday, bringing with it powerful winds, high waves and heavy rains, and causing at least one death and more than a dozen ...
The U.S. military's Marine Air Defense Integrated System is expected to be deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture.