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Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers

US military personnel gather near the site of an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnances in Okinawa.
Published on Jun 09, 2025 03:54 pm IST

An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II

An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
Updated on Mar 06, 2025 09:25 am IST

US returns 22 artifacts to Japan after Massachusetts family finds them in…

Denny Tamaki, the Governor of Okinawa prefecture, announced the return of the artifacts to the people of Okinawa, Japan, according to the FBI.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 05:35 pm IST

Japan welcomes flood of foreign tourists with a new nature theme park in Okinawa

Japan welcomes flood of foreign tourists with a new nature theme park in Okinawa
Published on Nov 27, 2023 12:55 pm IST

Okinawa adds 8 new colours to Praisepro, IPraise+ e-scooters. Check details

Okinawa Autotech's IPraise + e-scooter.
Published on Mar 29, 2023 01:30 pm IST

Super Typhoon, 2022's strongest storm, is moving towards Japan's Okinawa

Based on the maximum sustained wind speed at this point, Hinnamnor would be the strongest storm of 2022. (Source:Twitter/@weatherchannel)
Updated on Aug 31, 2022 07:27 pm IST

Crisis as US Marines in Japan test positive

Funeral workers load the coffin of a Covid-19 victim to be cremated at a cemetery in Bogota, Colombia.
Published on Jul 12, 2020 02:52 am IST

Dozens of US Marines in Japan’s Okinawa get coronavirus

FILE - This Jan. 27, 2018, aerial file photo shows U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, southern Japan.
Published on Jul 11, 2020 05:52 pm IST

Fire engulfs World Heritage castle in Japan’s Okinawa

A fire spread among structures at Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Published on Oct 31, 2019 10:47 am IST

India’s electric vehicle goals being realised on two wheels, not four

EV Expo 2018, at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi on December 21, 2018. PM Modi’s government has set a target of electric vehicles making up 30 percent of new sales of cars and two-wheelers by 2030 from less than 1% today.
Updated on Jan 14, 2019 05:50 pm IST

Powerful typhoon batters Okinawa, churns to Japan mainland

A passer-by walks in heavy rain and wind caused by Typhoon Trami in the prefectural capital Naha, on the southern island of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 29, 2018.
Updated on Sept 29, 2018 02:25 pm IST

This man collects origami sculptures left at Japanese diners as tips

Yuki Tatsumi sits next to his collection of origami made from chopstick sleeves in Kameoka, Kyoto prefecture.
Updated on Jul 05, 2018 04:51 pm IST