Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II ...

On Thursday, the family will offer flowers at a monument in Naha for the victims of the Tsushima Maru evacuation ship.

Her island, she says, remains trapped under “an edifice of violence.” “Okinawa was sacrificed to defend Japan,” said Ms ... s mayor apologized for the city’s role in the persecution ...

For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion ...

U.S. service members and Japanese authorities are slated to conduct a second joint overnight patrol in the wake of a series ...

I sincerely hope that Okinawa's wish for peace will spread' through the event, Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said in an opening ...

The island of Iriomote is the largest in the Yaeyama archipelago, at the south-westernmost tip of Japan’s Okinawa prefecture ... Ishigaki City is small but has some excellent restaurants ...

Okinawa Prefecture’s Naha and Ishigaki are among the top ports of call in Japan for international cruise ... Google Maps’ directions to reach the city’s edge. But it will be a relatively ...