Japan's imperial family honored the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday, where the last major battle of World War II occurred 80 ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles ...

Japanese media have reported that U.S. Marine Corps troops who began relocating from Okinawa to Guam late last year will begin moving to the barracks at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in June.

By Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Henoko, Okinawa Keiko Itokazu can still ... Japanese army used Okinawan civilians as human shields against the American onslaught.

U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Camp Blaz, Guam, shown here in 2023, 12 years after Japan and the U.S. agreed on their realignment to reduce U.S. troop presence on Okinawa.

CAMP SHIELDS, Okinawa — A flight officer with several previous deployments to Okinawa took charge Thursday of Navy operations on the island, a unique command that encompasses naval aviators and ...

Anti-U.S. base protesters sit outside the gate of Camp Schwab as a military vehicle passes by in Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 21, 2016. Okinawa, strategically located in the East China Sea, is much more ...

The prefectural ruling camp in Okinawa, led by Gov. Denny Tamaki, failed to secure a majority of seats in Sunday's election for the prefectural assembly. In Okinawa, forces opposing the planned ...

Even after Okinawa's reversion to Japan and still today, the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement largely shields incidents of sexual assault and other acts of violence by US forces from investigation ...

CAMP SHIELDS, Okinawa — A U.S. Navy sailor rescued a pregnant soldier from potentially drowning as her car sank in a flooded underpass at this naval installation on Okinawa. The soldier drove ...

A military plane and helicopters are seen at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma behind a residential area in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 17, 2009. Last week, Japan’s ...

Okinawa hosts the Northern Training Area (Camp Gonsalves) and Makiminato Service Area (Camp Kinser) military facilities, as well as airbases like Kadena and Futenma. Around 70% of all US military ...