Okinawa

Six Non-Government Organization conservation groups are in Barcelona, Spain, joining forces with the International Union Conservation of Nature in a new effort to protect Okinawa dugong they say are now endangered.  

The toll is high; dozens of pigs and goats mauled and killed by wild dogs, and no chance of compensation by farmers for their losses.  

By David Allen, Stars and Stripes CHATAN, Okinawa — There’sa scene in a popular Japanese anime that seems to reflect the attitude of some of the most ardent ...  

We anchored in Buckner Bay, off White Beach on the island of Okinawa. At this time this part of the Ryukyu Islands were under US Administration.  

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has expanded its Red List of Threatened Species to include blue coral, which is found in the waters off Okinawa Prefecture, the IUCN said last week.  

In "Blood+," a Japanese anime recently released by Sony Pictures, the American military on Okinawa,operates with a heavy hand even outside the bases.  

Marine camps on Okinawa test new warning system Lance Cpl. Aaron D. Hostutler CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa -- Marine Corps camps on Okinawa have access to a new mass notification system capable of notifying personnel ...  

Seaman Teshome Saminathen, a hospital corpsman with the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, receives an influenza vaccination from Petty Officer 3rd Class Gust Theopulos, a medicine technician with the hospital Sept.  

CHATAN, Okinawa a ' Two Marines are in Okinawa police custody Monday after taking a joyride in a taxi Sunday in Chatana TMs American Village, police said.  

To further promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between the college and its Pacific Rim counterparts, the Northern Marianas College will be sending a student representative to Okinawa to participate ...  

A helicopter rescue unit of the U.S. Air Force based on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa is gearing up for frequent deployments to Afghanistan, where violence has escalated.  

NAHA, Okinawa a ' The hearings in a lawsuit against the Japanese government over aircraft noise from Kadena Air Base concluded Wednesday in Fukuoka High Court, with a ruling expected in February.  

Twenty metres below the surface of the Celebes Sea off the east coast of Malaysian Borneo, I'm getting blasted by the ripping current.  

The Okinawa prefectural assembly unanimously adopted a resolution and an opinion Wednesday protesting that a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine made port calls at a U.S. naval facility in the prefecture while water ...  

As Okinawa Prefecture pushes to increase the number of visiting tourists, an Okinawa City hotel has taken a giant step forward, bringing international television programming to its rooms.