NAHA Typhoon No. 6 brought punishing winds to the southernmost Okinawa Prefecture from Aug. 1, causing power outages and contributing to at least one death.
NAHA Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki called on people planning to visit his prefecture over the summer break to delay such plans if they are not in tiptop condition.
GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture A sense of urgency over peace in troubled times filled the packed crowd at an annual rally here to mark the prefecture’s return to Japanese sovereignty in 1972 after 27 years of U.S. rule.
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.