Recently discovered images of prewar life in Naha not only depict ordinary folk walking the streets barefoot but also offer other tantalizing glimpses of the city before much of it was razed by U.S.

Okinawa is Japan’s sole subtropical region, attracting visitors seeking white sand beaches and swaying palms. Of the 160 or ...

NAHA--The Supreme Court on Feb. 24 ruled that the Naha city government violated the constitutional separation of politics and religion by not collecting rent from a Confucian temple on public land.

Residents in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa were evacuated on Wednesday after Taiwan recorded its strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years earlier in the day. Local broadcaster NTV showed people ...

Nerv, a disaster prevention service, said just after 6am this morning that evacuation notices for 315,806 households in the city had been issued. Heavy rain and flooding is to be expected across the ...

The old city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam and Naha city, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, have come to an agreement on the third phase of the Eco-city Achievement Support Project.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday met with Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi to seek local understanding for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base to the southern Japan ...