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Voters in Nago go to the polls Jan. 23 to choose a mayor in the first of a series of elections that could shape the prefecture's relationship with Tokyo.

We may need enough defenses to discourage China from taking actions that threaten the regional peace and stability.

US military bases in Japan have introduced stricter COVID-19 measures after the government expressed concern about a surge of new infections and called for restricti...

The Japanese government last week turned aside another move by Okinawa’s prefectural governor to halt work on an airfield fixed as the new home of Marine Corps aviation on the island.

Tokyo and Washington have begun efforts to reach an agreement at a Japan-U.S. joint committee as early as next summer on joint use of a part of the U.S. military’s Camp Foster, also known as Camp Zukeran, in central Okinawa Prefecture, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The issue this time concerns broken promises by the central government over the protection of coral reefs that prefectural authorities insist will be irreparably damaged by the construction work in waters off Nago in the Henoko district. 

NAHA--Water quality checks near U.S. bases in Okinawa Prefecture found alarming levels of a suspected carcinogen and other substances at 38 locations, or more than 70 percent of 49 surveyed sites.

The government is slashing the budget to promote development of Okinawa Prefecture in an apparent attempt to oust Denny Tamaki, the prefectural governor who opposes Tokyo’s plans to build a new U.S. military base.

A leaked report that shows the military knew for years about dangers to civilian areas follows disclosures of toxic PFAS contamination hidden from the Senate.

The central government is threatening to scale down the budget for economic revitalization in the prefecture for fiscal 2022 in hopes of silencing Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki.