Students at Haebaru Junior High School in the town of Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, experienced a unique peace-learning workshop about two weeks before Memorial Day marked the end of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/japan/okinawa-peace-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #wwii #students#highschools #juniorhighschools #education
Decades after the end of World War II, Okinawa has become a reluctant host for U.S. troops, with a string of incidents over the years that included sexual assault cases stoking the anger of residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/japan/society/okinawa-reluctant-host-for-us-bases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa#usbases
Okinawa Shogaku High School secured its first-ever Summer Koshien title at the National High School Baseball Championship on Saturday, defeating The Third High School of Nihon University 3-1 in the final. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/24/baseball/okinawa-school-koshien-title/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #okinawa#koshien #okinawashogakuhighschool
A memorial ceremony was held Friday to remember the more than 1,400 victims, including many schoolchildren, of the sinking of the Tsushima Maru evacuation ship in a U.S. torpedo attack 81 years ago during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/tsushima-maru-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tsushimamaru #okinawa #wwii #us
A fire on a U.S. Navy ship off Japan was finally put out after 12 hours early Thursday, the U.S. military has said, after local vessels spent most of the night dousing the blaze. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/society/navy-ship-fire-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #us #okinawa #japancoastguard
The U.S. military will deploy a new short-range air defense system in next month's joint drill with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, informed sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/us-new-air-defense-system-japan-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #usmilitary#usbases #sdf #okinawa
Concerns are rising in Okinawa Prefecture over the dwindling number of lawmakers in the ruling LDP who put weight on measures to support the development of the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/17/japan/politics/lack-of-okinawa-backers-in-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #usjapanrelations #us #usbases #ldp
Young volunteers and experts are racing against time to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers who died during World War II, most of them abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/history/bones-world-war-ii-remains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #worldwarii #india #palau #asiapacific #okinawa
Should you start packing your bags for Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park in northern Okinawa? Only if you’re ready for the long lines, the unique pricing structure and the considerable effort it takes to get there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/08/01/travel/okinawa-theme-park-junglia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel #okinawa #junglia #themeparks #tourism
The Finance Ministry upgraded its economic view on Okinawa Prefecture, reflecting robust vehicle sales as well as more Japanese and foreign tourists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/economy/economic-view-okinawa-upgrade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #okinawa #tourism #carmakers #japaneseeconomy #tariffs #us
In Okinawa, feral goats are causing damage to crops, and there are concerns that they could negatively impact the forest ecosystems harboring rare animals and plants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/okinawa-wild-goats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #goats #animals #agriculture
Officially open from July 25, Okinawa’s new Junglia theme park is betting on dinosaurs and adventure sports to draw tourists deep into the island’s rugged north. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/junglia-okinawa-opens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #junglia #themeparks #tourism
You see those white circles going from right toward upper left? That's the probable path for #Typhoon 7. Those other circles going upwards from the bottom? Most likely typhoon 8 in another day or so.
That area where the two storms kind of intersect? Yeah, that's where we're going on #holiday tomorrow...
While many candidates in Sunday's Upper House election are heading to major cities for speeches and turning to social media, one candidate from Hokkaido is giving politics one last go-through a grassroots campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/politics/muneo-suzuki-election-hokkaido/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #muneosuzuki #hokkaido #ldp #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection #okinawa #russia
A 92-year-old man who was inspired as a boy by a WWII-era commando has come to question Japan's wartime actions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/history/giretsu-kuteitai-airborne-unit-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #kumamoto #okinawa #fukuoka #wwii #giretsukuteitai #imperialjapanesearmy #usmilitary
Two U.S. servicemen have been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture for allegedly assaulting Japanese nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/crime-legal/two-us-servicemen-in-okinawa-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #okinawa#usbases
Kyoto’s famed Kinkakuji was burned to the ground by a young Buddhist acolyte 75 years ago this month, shocking Japanese society and inspiring Yukio Mishima’s novel “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/japan/history/kinkakuji-destroyed-okinawa-expo-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hakone #infrastructure #kyoto #kinkakuji #arson #okinawa #europe #europeanunion
A senior officer of the U.S. Marine Corps on Thursday apologized to Okinawa Prefecture over a recent conviction of a Marine for sexually assaulting a woman in the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/crime-legal/us-military-apologizes-over-okinawa-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #usmilitary#usbases #okinawa #sexcrimes #japanesecourts
The city of Nanjo in Okinawa Prefecture decided on Tuesday to submit an application for special zone status to produce awamori, a type of shōchū liquor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/okinawa-awamori-special-zone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #nanjo #alcohol
Japan has said that the construction of an evacuation shelter on the country's westernmost island of Yonaguni, in Okinawa Prefecture, will start next fiscal year, with the completion expected around spring 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/japan/yonaguni-okinawa-japan-shelter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #yonaguni #taiwan #china #defense