Yumi Matsumoto lived in Okinawa for 30 years before moving to America last year. She said while Okinawans do emphasize health and community, things are changing with the younger generation. Matsumoto ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in June revealed that 46 sets of remains the ministry recovered on Okinawa were scientifically identified as women, including one ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) --A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S. service members in Okinawa in 2024. Okinawa Prefecture ...

It’s an unusual image – an Okinawan woman sharing her innermost thoughts with an American woman she barely knows. "My God, I didn’t think 50 years ago that I’d ever be sitting here with an American ...

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A woman was found dead in a hotel room in Nago, Okinawa, on Saturday. An unconscious man was found on the floor in the same room and is suspected of killing the woman, police said Sunday. According to ...