From the Archives
DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive
Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."
Shurijo: Destroyed by war, restored castle a breathtaking historic destination
Perched atop the hills overlooking Naha and with commanding views of its surroundings, Shurijo Castle Park should be on everyone’s list of places to visit on Okinawa.
Yomitan: Okinawa takes its past to art
On an old U.S. Air Force runway-turned-village road there is a 100-meter long cement and plaster wall exhibit depicting more than seven decades of Japan and U.S. military presence on Okinawa.
Veteran writes book on proper chopstick use
One of the most perplexing moments for a Westerner dining in Asia is figuring how to cut fish or meat with chopsticks.
Protesters ring Futenma, demand closure
About 16,000 people gathered in this central Okinawa city Sunday to surround the Marine Corps Air Station at Futenma and demand its closure.
Okinawa artist blows new life into recycles bottles
There’s an Okinawan poem that proclaims: “When life is blown into the reticent discarded bottle it starts to speak.”
U.S. servicemembers pull for both sides as tug of warriors at Naha
Take thousands of high-spirited people, fill them full of high-fructose, high-starch Japanese carnival food, shove them in a two-block area, throw in a gigantic straw rope — and you’ve got yourself the world’s largest tug of war.