A new species of jellyfish that uses its long tentacles as “fishing lures” has been discovered off Kumejima island in Okinawa ...

The students were on the vessels as part of the school's peace education curriculum. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The boats were carrying students from a high school in Kyoto Prefecture who were visiting Okinawa for peace studies.

A high school girl and a man have died in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture after their boats capsized near the site where ...

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

Japan Coast Guard investigators Friday began searching locations linked to the operator of boats involved in a fatal capsizing accident that happened off the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa ...

Two ships capsized on Monday off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, leaving two people dead and two others injured. There were 21 people aboard the ships--three crew ...

TOKYO — Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki announced Wednesday he’s traveling soon to the United States to lobby Cabinet officials, Congress and the American public to reduce the U.S. military footprint in his ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japanese Cabinet minister is expected to signal a return to work on a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab on Thursday, three days after Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki ignored a ...