Clarence Craft earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Okinawa in May 1945. Here, 6th Division Marines rest behind a wall during a pause in fighting in the southern part of ...

About 35 Okinawa civilian and U.S. military leaders met in a promised forum at Camp Foster to discuss cooperative measures to ...

"We reserve the right to navigate under international norms," the U.S. Pacific Air Forces previously told Newsweek.

Chinese surveillance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles have been conducting reconnaissance flights around the Philippine ...

Night - Partly cloudy with a 38% chance of precipitation. Winds from ENE to E at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 66 °F (18.9 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 77 °F (25 ...

A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima, marking the first such discovery on the island in more than 20 years ...

Okinawa and its surrounding waters represent what marine biologists call a "shark and ray hotspot" in terms of both diversity ...

Map of the islands of Taiwan, Luzon and the Chinese coast ... confusingly naming Taiwan “Little Ryukyu” as opposed to Okinawa, which was “Big Ryukyu.” It was only after majority Han settlement that ...

Map of Okinawa Island created with round dots, isolated on a blank background. Modern and trendy mosaic illustration in halftone style. Vector Illustration (EPS file, well layered and grouped). Easy ...

(Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight prefectures in the Kyushu-Yamaguchi region in ...

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