In short, Naha reiterates the truism that isolation breeds creativity. It’s also the launchpad for exploring the archipelago’s 160 islands, with domestic flights and ferries coming and going across ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago ...

Okinawa, with a population of 1.5 million, hosts 70 percent of the American bases despite accounting for only 0.6 percent of Japan’s landmass. There are 80,000 Americans on the island , of whom ...