Heavy rain mainly hit the city of Nago and the villages of Kunigami, Higashi and Ogimi. In Higashi, 48-hour rainfall until 11 a.m. Sunday totaled 637.5 millimeters, a record high for the area.

A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that ...

With the distant sea in the background, majestic buildings jut up from the base of a gently sloping hillside that was part of ...

TOKYO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Japan's weather agency on Sunday urged Okinawa residents to be on high alert for mudslides and other disasters as torrential rains are drenching the country's southernmost ...

Torrential rains are drenching Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. The public is being advised to be on high alert for ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday issued an emergency heavy rain warning for Kagoshima's Yoron Town, urging maximum ...

Miss Haruko Ota, a third grade teacher, peeks over the shoulder of Brenda Sheets, 10, daughter of Master Sgt. and Mrs. W. G.

This article uncovers the top 10 things to do in Okinawa. Unleash the excitement by visiting the prefecture's historic sites ...

Caitlyn Webber stands with packages containing donated books at her home on Okinawa, Nov. 6, 2024. Webber, a Marine Corps ...

Episode 1 titled Non-Glitz Romances are Back! welcomed 5 women and 4 men to start a new journey by settling in a house in ...

Training in karate was not always easy for Nobuko Oshiro, who faced bullying and harsh treatment from her instructors as one of the few women in the sport. Now at 77, she is Okinawa’s only female ...