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NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top 10.

Incumbent Nago mayor Taketoyo Toguchi was assured of his third term in Sunday's election, Kyodo News projections showed, in a ...

White foam was found emerging from a manhole in a residential area in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday, with local authorities saying that a sewer running beneath the manhole is connected to the nearby ...

In March 2025, the government of Japan announced initial guidelines for how they plan to evacuate 110,000 residents and ...

Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a front-line defender of Japan’s claims to disputed islands in the East China Sea, where ...

According to the report, the woman was killed after being struck by wind generated by a U.S. military helicopter.

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

This past year, Ocean Art Contest saw thousands of entries spanning more than 90 countries—each highlighting fleeting ...

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force conducted its first aerial refueling support for a South Korean military aircraft at ...

The powerful air flow generated by a helicopter made a Japanese teacher lose her balance in her fatal fall during a school ...