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Okinawa has been struggling to keep up with rising competition and changing market expectations, market analysts noted. Homegrown electric two-wheeler manufacturer Okinawa Autotech has reported a ...
NAHA, Okinawa — Japanese police arrested two U.S. service members on Okinawa over the weekend in separate incidents — one on suspicion of breaking into a retirement home and the other of ...
Gulf News archives Tokyo: Japanese and US officials said Friday they will jointly conduct a patrol in Okinawa following sexual assault cases involving US servicemen. The United States has around ...
Following recent sexual assault cases involving US military personnel, Japanese and US officials will conduct a rare joint patrol in Okinawa on April 18. This initiative, the first since the 1970s ...
An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa lost a tire while taxiing on the runway Thursday, according to the 18th Wing. The multirole fighter was conducting a taxi check when it ...
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks during an interview in Naha on Dec. 19, 2024. (Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture ...
U.S. soldiers joined Japanese officials and residents in Okinawa for a one-off joint nighttime patrol Friday following sexual assault cases involving American servicemen. The United States has ...
U.S. forces and Japanese police held a joint patrol in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time since 1974 on Friday, after a number of sexual assault cases involving U.S. military personnel came to ...
WASHINGTON – US forces will deploy large reconnaissance drones in southern Japanese prefecture Okinawa for an indefinite period to enhance surveillance and information gathering, the Japanese ...
Shinichi Gibo survived the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 at the age of 6, but he has lived with a persistent trauma ever since. As a war orphan, he felt a deep sense of loneliness and inferiority.
Bereaved family members and those who lived through the war place their hands together in tribute in Zamami, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) NAHA -- An Okinawa ...
A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot ...