Okinawa, with the rich culture that has continued since the Ryukyu Kingdom, offers the pleasure of tasting dishes and drinks ...

Ryukyu Bingata symbolises the maritime kingdom's prosperity through trade and royal culture. Bingata is still dyed by hand.

The art of bingata has been a quiet symbol of resilience on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Now, it's being revived by the ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted nearly three months, killing some 200,000 people — about 12,000 Americans and more than 188,000 Japanese, half of them Okinawan civilians including students and ...

As people globally commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, dozens of people living on the Japanese ...

Okinawa prefecture and two towns adjacent to Kadena Air Base have made formal protests to U.S. and Japanese authorities after ...

Japan's imperial family honored the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday, where the last major battle of World War II occurred 80 years ago, from April 1 to June 22, 1945.

You'll soon be able to fly directly to Okinawa again as Scoot will launch three new flight routes, including one to the ...

PM expresses 'remorse' over WWII without mentioning former Axis power's aggression toward neighbors; right-wing politicians ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed “remorse” over the war in an Aug. 15 address. The regretful behavior reflects a ...

Removing bases in Japan would severely impact U.S. force projection in East Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific. The U.S. might attempt to compensate by strengthening its presence in South Korea, Guam, ...

China and Japan remain locked in a game of cat-and-mouse near the Senkaku Islands, with China this year setting another record for the number of consecutive days its vessels have sailed near the ...