Okinawa, with a population of 1.5 million, hosts 70 percent of the American bases despite accounting for only 0.6 percent of Japan’s landmass. There are 80,000 Americans on the island , of whom ...

On Okinawa, where more than four years ago U.S. arms won a famous and a costly victory ... OKINAWA: Forgotten Island; OKINAWA: Forgotten Island. 6 minute read. TIME. November 28, 1949 12:00 AM GMT-5.

A highly unusual percentage of seniors on Japan’s Okinawa island live to 100. Their secret is “ikigai”, a unique sense of purpose. On Japan’s Okinawa Island, nicknamed the “island of ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing. Now, 80 years later, bones are still being unearthed in Japan’s southernmost prefecture, plagued by one of ...

The Battle of Okinawa killed a quarter of the island's population, leading to a 27-year U.S. occupation and a heavy American troop presence to date.

Iriomote Island, off the coast of Okinawa in southern Japan, will restrict visitors to 1,200 per day to prevent overtourism and protect the habitat of Iriomote wildcats, an endangered species ...