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Campaigning began for the Okinawa gubernatorial election on Aug. 25 with candidates backed by the ruling and opposition parties set to clash over the contentious and long-running issue of the relocation of a key U.S. Marine Corps base within the southern island prefecture.

Mexicos Valle de Guadalupe is one of the most exciting, burgeoning wine regions in the...

KABUL -- Afghanistan Jirga, or grand assembly, of religious scholars and elders which opened Thursday would last for three days to discuss a variety of issues r

KABUL -- Afghanistan Jirga, or grand assembly, of religious scholars and elders which opened Thursday would last for three days to discuss a variety of issues r

Japans Okinawa mourns lives lost in crash of U.S. military jet into school-

An elementary school in Japans southernmost prefecture of Okinawa held a memorial service to remember the lives lost when a US military jet crashed into the school 63 years ago killing 18 people.During the memorial service on Thursday, a ...

NAHA -- The 1945 Battle of Okinawa claimed the lives of an estimated one in four of the islands people, but Okinawans suffering was not to end there

KABUL -- Afghanistan Jirga, or grand assembly, of religious scholars and elders which opened Thursday would last for three days to discuss a variety of issues r

OnJune1,theOkinawaPrefectureWomen'sEmpowermentandPeacePromotionDivisionannouncedthatanadditional55nameswillbecarvedintotheCornerstoneofPeaceinMabuni,Itoman.TheCornerstoneofPeacehasthenamesofin...

NAHA--Kiyoshi Uezu and his parents lived through the Battle of Okinawa, but he feels they never truly “survived” the war.