the day after U.S. troops stormed ashore at the main island of Okinawa. It occurred at the bottom of a small valley not far from the coast, in the village of Yomitan. Of about 140 local residents ...

Still, the 48-year-old from Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, said she felt scared by the government's hell-bent attitude toward filling in the sea for building a military base. “The government ...

Japanese prosecutors last week charged a U.S. Marine on Okinawa with sexually assaulting and injuring a woman this summer, ...

Yomitan Village Mayor Ishimine Denjitsu urges the Foreign Ministry to promptly share information about incidents involving US military personnel in Okinawa. At a regular news conference on the ...

U.S. sailors in Japan must adhere to a midnight-to-5 a.m. ban on drinking in public establishments off base, according to the ...

But the southern prefecture of Okinawa marked the highest at 16.1 percent. Some parents there say they feel a sense of cooperation in bringing up children. In the village of Yomitan, Nishihira ...

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The invasion of Japan loomed. The Japanese military stationed about 100,000 troops on Okinawa, with the aim of preventing the invasion of the mainland. Narration Imperial Headquarters of the ...