the Battle of Okinawa is still at the forefront of the Okinawa people’s memories.” He included the word “Now” in the poem’s title “Now, Peace Asks” because of the war raging in Ukraine.

Most people aspire to live a long, happy, and healthy life, yet only a few achieve it. However, there is a place in Japan ...

Okinawans in Japan, part of a Blue Zone, live long due to their Moai tradition—small social groups offering financial and emotional support. This practice, along with healthy diets, exercise, and a ...

He is Kamejiro Senaga, the 49-year-old chief of the Okinawa People’s Party. The party’s principal plank was opposition to U.S. requisitioning of land for military purposes, which over the ...

“In the past seven to eight years, the remains of one to three people are typically found at a single location,” an Okinawa prefectural official said. “Finding more than five remains is unusual.

Japanese prosecutors on Okinawa will not pursue charges against a U.S. Marine accused of sexually assaulting and injuring a ...

Japan's COVID-19 cases are rising again, especially in the southern prefecture of Okinawa, as people enjoy normal summer activities for the first time in three years. Some doctors fear another ...

More than 5,500 people, about one-third of the village, eventually lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa. On a hill overlooking the village, a ruin of the bloody battle remains.

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s ...