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The Latest Breaking News from Okinawa

Japan and China Tension: Fighter's Radar Lock on SDF Jet Sparks Scramble Amid Major Carrier Exercises

Japan protests China after fighter jets twice locked radar on SDF aircraft amid major carrier drills, escalating regional tension near Okinawa.

International Business Times UK · Dec 8, 2025

Japan protests after a Chinese military aircraft locks its radar on Japanese jets

Japan has protested to China after a Chinese military jet locked its radar on Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2025

Popular American playwright arrested in Japan for allegedly smuggling drugs

In Japan, individuals convicted of drug smuggling face the prospect of multi-year prison sentences

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2025

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American playwright Jeremy O Harris held in Japan on drug smuggling charges

Playwright detained at Okinawa airport last month after customs officials allegedly found MDMA in his bag

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025

Yakuza Kiwami 3 has 'completely revamped' action that lets you you fight with Ryukyu weapons and ninjas inspired by the Okinawa setting

Masayoshi Yokoyama talks us through some of the big changes coming in Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties.

PC Gamer · Sep 28, 2025

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is beautiful and ridiculous, and I'm finally going to actually finish the game this time

Kazuma Kiryu: the world's dad.

PC Gamer · Sep 25, 2025

Yakuza Kiwami 3 might not be a surprise, but Kiryu’s new Ryukyu move set certainly is

I’ve played Yakuza Kiwami 3, and I’m already loving Okinawa’s impressive glow-up.

TechRadar · Sep 25, 2025

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Why the ‘Hawaii of Japan’ should be your next beach holiday

Snorkeling and kayaking in Japan’s paradisiacal archipelago offered everything I could have wanted from my first visit to the country, says Marianna Hunt

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Pacifist Japan Struggles To Boost Troops As China Anxiety Grows

Sporting dark face paint and clutching a gun, teenage soldier-in-training Takuma Hiyane crawls across a field on Japan's Okinawa, the front line of the nation's defence as anxiety grows over China's territorial ambitions.

International Business Times · Aug 31, 2025

US Navy ship USS New Orleans catches fire while docked in Japan

Dramatic footage shows a US Navy ship on fire while it was docked in Okinawa, Japan.

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

Okinawa A Reluctant Host For US Troops 80 Years After WWII

Okinawa resident Hiromasa Iha can still recall the screams of his classmates and teachers after a US military jet crashed into his elementary school, killing 18 people more than six decades ago.

International Business Times · Aug 14, 2025

I am a cybersecurity strategist, and here's why businesses need a new cyber defense playbook

Cyber defenders must reassess their strategies to keep up with a fundamentally changed threat landscape.

TechRadar · Aug 12, 2025

When US and Japanese troops stopped fighting to talk, eat and pray together

Japan’s Emperor Hirohito ordered his country’s surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 million people, the second world war had finally come to an end.

The Conversation · Aug 5, 2025

Japan jails US marine for seven years for sexual assault in Okinawa

Lance Corporal Jamel Clayton sentenced for attack on woman in her 20s

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025

Japanese court convicts a US Marine in sexual assault, sentencing him to 7 years in prison

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa, sentencing him to prison terms, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island with a heavy American troop presence

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025

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

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

International Business Times · Jun 23, 2025

Bone Collectors: Searching For WWII Remains In Okinawa

Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan's humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human remains have lain forgotten since World War II. The 72-year-old said a brief prayer and lifted a makeshift protective covering, exposing half-buried bones believed to be those of a young Japanese…

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2025

Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war. 80 years on, are the dead being betrayed?

A quarter of Okinawan civilians died during the US invasion, some after being told to kill themselves. But today the legacy of the war dead is being complicated by the presence of tens of thousands of US soldiers

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The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025

Japanese soldiers injured in Okinawa US military base explosion

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Euronews · Jun 9, 2025

Four Japanese soldiers injured in explosion at US base in Okinawa

The blast occurred while the soldiers, who specialise in handling explosives, were working at the storage facility for unexploded World War II ordnance, authorities said.

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025

Explosion at US military base in Japan injures four Japanese soldiers

Soldiers sustain injuries to fingers while working at facility to store unexploded ordnance at Okinawa

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

US Air Force and Navy ‘elephant walk’ in Japan could be ‘largest seen’

Fifty-three military aircraft, ranging from fighter jets to sophisticated reconnaissance craft, lined up in tight formation at Okinawa’s Kadena Air Base

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2025

Two US marines investigated over alleged rape at military base in Okinawa

Allegations come days after Japanese authorities increased efforts to deter crimes by US servicemen on island

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2025

‘I love humans – it gives me the courage to approach them’: the disarming work of Mao Ishikawa

For five decades the Japanese photographer has captured the internal lives of a host of unlikely subjects, from dockers to Black GIs. Now a new show celebrates an artist dedicated to documenting the underdog

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025

US to send long-range surveillance drones to Japan amid tensions in Taiwan

Drones to be sent for indefinite deployment to US air base on Okinawa’s Kadena island in coming weeks

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