Okinawa has pristine beaches, a distinct culture and some of the friendliest, longest-lived people on earth.

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Both Okinawa and the Uezu family have a long history of suffering and despair, even after the end of World War II in 1945. Uezu’s own struggles against hardship have taken him around the globe ...

For a small but vocal group of mostly older activists, including Chibi, reclaiming this history and pushing for Okinawa’s independence from Japan is a deeply personal mission. In recent years ...

Okinawa Memorial Day on June 23 marks the date when organized fighting is believed to have ended during the Battle of Okinawa in the closing months of World War II in 1945. The gruesome history of ...

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Seventy-five years on, a retired teacher from Tokyo is working to ensure the tragedy of Okinawa isn’t lost to history. His commitment to the cause is borne of a personal connection with the man ...

Mark Waycaster is curator of the Battle of Okinawa History Display at US marine corps Camp Kinser in Okinawa. "It was nothing like the Americans had to face up to that point in the Pacific," said ...

Breeding habitat is mature forest at least 30 years old, with tall trees of more than eight inches in diameter. RANGE: The Okinawa woodpecker lives only in Yanbaru, a small area of forested woodlands ...

DESCRIPTION: The dugong is a marine mammal related to the manatee. It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail ...

A fire has destroyed all the main structures of Shuri Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site on Japan's southern island of Okinawa. Firefighters battled the flames for more than 10 hours ...

NAHA, Okinawa — The Japanese government will begin magnetic surveys for unexploded ordnance at Okinawa’s main commercial airport next week. The government began the surveys at Miyazaki Airport ...