Almost 80 years later, unexploded ordinance dropped during World War is still being found and disposed of on a daily basis. The very real threat to life, especially in Okinawa, is an urgent problem ...

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. According to the Nago Police Station ...

China has borne the brunt of a ferocious start to the Pacific typhoon season A typhoon has lashed southern Japan, forcing evacuations and cutting off power to one-third of homes on the Okinawa ...

TOKYO, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Large tropical storm Pulasan is expected to make its closest approach to the main island of Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Wednesday evening, the country's ...

A large and very strong typhoon is engulfing Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. Officials are warning of very strong winds, storm surges and high waves. Japan's Meteorological Agency says ...

The first typhoon of the season has formed near the ... It is expected to approach the main island of Okinawa Prefecture around May 29 and hit mainland Japan proper the following day.

Southeast Asia MANILA, Philippines – U.S. Marines across multiple forward-deployed commands concluded six days of foreign ...

Due to the moist air surrounding Typhoon Krathon, which is moving toward Taiwan, Ishigaki Island, located southwest of Okinawa Main Island, experienced severe weather with torrential rain and ...

Typhoon Jebi is expected to affect eastern Japan, where Tokyo is located, in the next couple of days as the 17th one of the year approaches the Ogasawara Islands in the south, the weather agency said ...

Typhoon Krathon -- known as Julian, locally -- made landfall in the Philippines on Sept. 30, with hundreds of families ...