Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago. In the face of growing global tensions, its governor pledged to keep ...

1 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Lt. Col. Elizabeth Johnson, incoming commander, prepares to pass the garrison guidon during a Change of Command ceremony at Torii ...

NAHA -- As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against U.S. forces bega ...

Israel says it is determined to destroy Iran’s nuclear program because its archenemy's furtive efforts to build an atomic ...

As the summer approaches and the school year ends, schools across the country are concerned about the upcoming year and the federal cuts that may come with the dismantling of ...

Earlier this month, Naruhito also visited Okinawa to mourn about 188,000 Japanese, half of them Okinawan civilians, and about 12,000 Americans, killed in the Battle of Okinawa.

Later this year, the global climate conference COP30 will descend on Brazil, at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest. Local ...

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Hundreds of dancers from northeastern Japan will descend on the Osaka Kansai Expo site in mid-June to showcase the flavor of the Tohoku region’s biggest summer festive event.

KATHMANDU, Nepal--Tens of thousands of protesters demanding the abolished monarchy be restored and the former king be made the head of state of the Himalayan nation demonstrated in Nepal Thursday.