Japan's Emperor Hirohito ordered his country's surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has announced it will hold a large-scale training exercise next month at locations across ...

North Korea on Monday lambasted Japan over a reported move to deploy upgraded surface-to-ship missiles in western coastal ...

Two Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, the ...

The enhancement of the Type 12 anti-ship missile is part of Japan's ongoing efforts to bolster the defense of its outlying ...

To combat overtourism, Iriomotejima island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in Taketomi, Okinawa Prefecture, has ...

A jungle-themed amusement park designed to boost tourism in northern Okinawa opened recently near Yambaru National Park, a ...

The highly anticipated Junglia Okinawa theme park opened its doors on July 25, drawing early-morning crowds and boosting ...

Four people of Japanese descent who say they were left behind in the Philippines in the chaotic conclusion of World War Two ...

Okinawa prefecture has been sampling sites around U.S. bases twice a year since 2017, after high levels of PFOS were detected in 2016, the environmental division statement said.