So, it might not come as a surprise the snakes also play a starring role at a theme park here. Okinawa World, near Nanjo at Okinawa’s southern tip, and its three-mile-long Gyokusendo cave ...

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The snake was discovered at a port on the island, about 330 kilometers southwest from the main island of Okinawa, in March, raising fears the dangerous serpent could be living there. Although ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese authorities are warning people to watch out for a venomous pit viper that’s been on the move in Okinawa. A 3-foot-long habu snake was found for the first time ...

Using lifesaving skills he learned from the Marine Corps, Sgt. John James from Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, was able to save a local elderly woman from a venomous ...