Japan’s defense minister promised to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi vowed Thursday to reduce the burden on Okinawa Prefecture of hosting U.S. military ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

NAHA—In his first meeting with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki reiterated long-standing ...

The governor of the prefecture talks to The American Conservative about the first of Japan’s island groupings that would be drawn into fighting over Taiwan.

The government has already decisively escalated its confrontation with Okinawa Prefecture over the contentious project to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to ...

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki expressed his concern about the planned revision of Japan's three key national security-related documents during a meeting with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in the s ...

The Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement does not allow U.S. military police to detain civilians outside U.S. bases.

Articles by Chinese media questioning the history of and Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa Prefecture surged in November, analysis showed, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on a Taiwan ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — U.S. Forces Japan has denied Okinawa prefecture’s requests to test for so-called “forever chemicals” at three U.S. military bases, citing insufficient evidence that the ...

Songs are part of the fabric of life in Okinawa Prefecture. When a song rings out, everyone naturally starts to dance. Okinawa is a prefecture in the south of Japan composed of a main island and more ...

Japan has spotted Chinese vessels in waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for a total of 356 days this ...