Naha, Okinawa Pref. – Two Chinese coast guard ships that had been repeatedly intruding into Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, since …
Naha, Okinawa Pref. – A ceremony was held Monday to mark the completion of the framework of Shuri Castle’s main hall as part of restoration work for the fire-destroyed castle …
Beijing – Local government leaders from Japan and China are interacting with each other actively even as state-level exchanges between the two Asian countries remain almost halted, amid continuing diplomatic …
Fourth-year university student Aruha Hamamura begins and ends most days on his surfboard at Kounohama Beach along the coast of Mie Prefecture’s Shima Peninsula, an area known for the Grand …
Initial reports said the aircraft was carrying eight people, but the U.S. military later revised the number to six. A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday, Nov. …
The Japanese and U.S. governments are considering relocating the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drones, deployed temporarily in Kagoshima Prefecture, to Okinawa Prefecture, informed sources said Thursday. The unmanned aerial …
Con Dempsey, pitcher for the San Francisco Seals, March 17, 1950. Hearst Newspapers Minor league prospects who were destined for great things and then flamed out are a dime a …
Naha – My legs were burning. The ferry was clipping at high speed toward the island of Iriomote and the heat of the engine was turning the metal bench I …
TOKYO: Typhoon Khanun was on course Monday to dump prolonged, heavy rain on one of Japan’s main islands this week, forecasters said, forcing commemorations of the Nagasaki atomic bombing to …
Typhoon Khanun barely moved on Friday in the East China Sea, with predictions that it will approach the islands of Okinawa, raising fears of sustained damage in areas already battered …