Okinawa

Japan's new defense and foreign affairs ministers are reluctant to support any changes to plans to move Marine air operations on Okinawa from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Camp Schwab.  

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has identified the American soldier who allegedly sexually assaulted a Filipina entertainer in Okinawa, Japan.  

The US Army has charged an American military personnel for rape of a Filipino woman in Okinawa, Japan on February after discovery of information during the course of the Army criminal investigation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.  

When artisan Yusuke Yokoi sits down to create an Okinawan bingata, or stencil-dyed textile, his work embodies no less than the history and culture of Okinawa.  

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly adopted a nonbinding resolution Friday against a Japan-U.S. plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within Okinawa, with the backing of ...  

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tairaryo - Ocean Expo Park is a park that features ocean, flowers and Okinawan culture. It is located in Motobu town, the northern part of Okinawa Island. I love Ocean Expo Park so much that I went there many times. In particular, I am enthusiast for the aquarium...  

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) identified the US Army serviceman charged with the rape of a Filipina worker in Japan's southern island of Okinawa.  

Russel Gilbert's submission won best overall photo in the Marine Corps Community Services' Tsunami SCUBA Underwater Photo Contest.  

The Okinawa prefectural assembly adopted a nonbinding resolution Friday against a Japan-U.S. plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station within Okinawa, with the backing of the opposition camp ...  

The main exhibit of the Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum showcases the influence World War II had on many Okinawan artists.  

Although it's been more than 60 years since the battle of Okinawa, a Kadena Air Base NCO here is doing everything he can to ensure that friends and family members can remain connected to their loved ones who ...  

The airline will also scrap the flight service it runs only in the month of March between Hanamaki and Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, the sources said.  

The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly may have made realigning troops in Japan a bit more difficult.  

TOKYO. July 8. KAZINFORM. A strong earthquake measuring at least 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked an area near the Japanese island of Okinawa Tuesday afternoon, seismologists said.  

A Molotov cocktail was thrown into the garden of the U.S. Consulate General in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, early Monday but there were no injuries or damage to the building, police said.