The longing of islanders: Indigenous people seek justice in homeland dispute with Japanese government

Demonstrators gather in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on August 22, 2024 to protest against the relocation of US Marine ...

Desecrated bones, denied rights: Pain of past and present fuels Ryukyu people’s identity awakening

Lying between China's northeastern Taiwan island and Japan's southwestern Kyushu are the Ryukyu Islands, an arc-shaped ...
Opinion
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From the Battle of Okinawa to the New Cold War

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low ...
UPI

In remembering Japan's final WWII battle, Okinawans reflect on peace

June 23 (UPI) --More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle, while citizens reflected over long-lost loved ones and a promise by a ...

Japan’s Okinawa loses longevity crown as slow living makes way for faster, shorter future

Okinawan men fell from first to 43rd while women slipped to 16th in the last life expectancy survey, a slide that is expected ...
Newsday

Okinawa marks 80 years since end of one of harshest WWII battles with pledge to share tragic history

TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...
Newsday

Japan's emperor and his family pray in Okinawa for the victims of the island battle 80 years ago

TOKYO — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern Japanese island 80 ...