At midnight on May 15, 1972, the moment the handover took place, Ishikawa was on a footbridge overlooking Naha’s Kokusai-dori main street in front of the Okinawa Mitsukoshi department store. It ...

He led us outside to surrender, and saved our lives." After the war, Americans occupied and administered Okinawa. In 1972, administration of the island reverted back to Japan, but American ...

U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their ...

However, Okinawa was still under US control. The US built military bases there, and the number of bases increased as American units were moved from the Japanese mainland. In 1972, Okinawa was ...

As regional tensions escalate, particularly concerning the Taiwan Strait, discussions of Okinawa often fall prey to ...

Hundreds of activists took part in a peace march in Okinawa on May 13 to call for the removal of U.S. bases from the southernmost prefecture and to remember the devastation left by World War II.

He led us outside to surrender, and saved our lives." After the war, Americans occupied and administered Okinawa. In 1972, administration of the island reverted back to Japan, but American ...