A Japanese court handed a U.S. sailor a suspended sentence after convicting him of attempting to smuggle magic truffles ...

A city in northern Okinawa has lodged a formal protest after a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter made a precautionary landing near a youth baseball practice.

Coast guard rescuers pulled all 21 people out of the water, but a 17-year-old student and the captain of one of the boats ...

Coast guard rescuers pulled all 21 people out of the water, but a 17-year-old female student and the captain of Fukutsu were ...

Tamaki's campaign is expected to focus on seeking the early return of the site of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station ...

Shima-maasu Honpo has taken the bold step of building a new factory that will change its salt production method with the aim ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grew up in Okinawa. Here's what I think the 'Blue Zones' trend has right and wrong about my home island. Yumi Matsumoto lived in ...

TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...

Okinawa Shogaku won its first National High School Baseball Championship title at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 23, defeating Tokyo’s Nihon University Third High School 3-1.

On May 4, 1945, USS Shea fights for survival off Okinawa as Japanese aircraft press in through smoke and tracer fire. A ...

In May 1945, USS New Mexico served as a Fifth Fleet flagship off Okinawa while radio intelligence teams intercepted and ...

Unseen photos show Neil Armstrong beaming after a terrifying malfunction left him fighting for his life in orbit.