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Ex-nuclear cruise missile launch site in Okinawa

Photo taken on April 23, 2025, shows a former site of a Mace B nuclear-armed cruise missile launch base in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Onna, southern Japan. The site of the base, which had been operational during the U.S. occupation of Okinawa in the 1960s, is currently open to the general public.

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Ex-nuclear cruise missile launch site in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 14, 2025, shows a former site of a Mace B nuclear-armed cruise missile launch base in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Onna, southern Japan. The site of the base, which had been operational during the U.S. occupation of Okinawa in the 1960s, is currently open to the general public.

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Ex-nuclear cruise missile launch site in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 14, 2025, shows a former site of a Mace B nuclear-armed cruise missile launch base in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Onna, southern Japan. The site of the base, which had been operational during the U.S. occupation of Okinawa in the 1960s, is currently open to the general public.

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Ex-nuclear cruise missile launch site in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 14, 2025, shows a former site of a Mace B nuclear-armed cruise missile launch base in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Onna, southern Japan. The site of the base, which had been operational during the U.S. occupation of Okinawa in the 1960s, is currently open to the general public.

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New Dragons manager Tanishige arrives for training camp

ONNA, Japan - Motonobu Tanishige (R), the new manager of the Chunichi Dragons, receives a bunch of welcome flowers as he arrives at a hotel in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2014, where the professional baseball club will stay for its spring training camp starting on Feb. 1.

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Former nurse in Okinawa conveys tragic WW2 memories

NAHA, Japan - Yoneko Uehara, a former World War II student nurse at a field hospital in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, briefs children on her ordeal in the war with hand-drawn pictures in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2014.

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Former nurse in Okinawa conveys tragic WW2 memories

NAHA, Japan - Yoneko Uehara, a former World War II student nurse at a field hospital in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, lectures in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2014, with a hand-drawn picture depicting injured soldiers being provided with suicide grenades.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- are displayed at Sanseido bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward after going on sale on the morning of April 18, 2014. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- are piled up at Sanseido bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward soon after going on sale on the morning of April 18, 2014. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - A man holds a copy of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at Sanseido bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward soon after going on sale on the morning of April 18, 2014. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Imperial couple in Okinawa

ONNA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) visit Cape Manza, a well-known scenic spot in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The imperial couple was on their first trip to Okinawa in eight years.

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Imperial couple in Okinawa

ONNA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (R front) visit Cape Manza, a well-known scenic spot in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The imperial couple was on their first trip to Okinawa in eight years.

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Imperial couple in Okinawa

ONNA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (C) visit Cape Manza, a well-known scenic spot in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The imperial couple was on their first trip to Okinawa in eight years.

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World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - Koki Terada, a researcher at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, on Oct. 31, 2011, in the institute in Nanjo in the prefecture, holds a dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12 in the village of Onna on the prefecture's main island. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute.

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World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - A dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12, 2011, in the village of Onna on Okinawa Prefecture's main island, is measured Oct. 31 at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute.

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Fujikawa's salary stays the same at 400 million yen

GINOWAN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers closer Kyuji Fujikawa speaks to reporters in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2010, after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an annual salary of 400 million yen.

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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate who is to serve as president of the planned institute, take part in a groundbreaking ceremony April 6 in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, to mark the start of construction of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology's main campus, scheduled to open around 2012.

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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate named as president of the planned Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, at a news conference in Onna, Okinawa on April 6. A groundbreaking ceremony was held later in the day to mark the start of construction of the institute's main campus in Onna, scheduled to open around 2012.

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Singer and film actor 'Bahbu' Satake dies at 68

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer and film actor Yutaka ''Bahbu'' Satake (in a photo taken in April 1995) died due to multiple organ failure in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 5. He was 68. Satake was well known for his crooning of love-related ballads, including his popular debut song ''Onna Gokoro no Uta'' (Song of a Woman's Heart).

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Chunichi's Otsuka to be put up for auction again

ONNA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons right-hander Akinori Otsuka, who failed to draw a bid from the major leagues through the posting system last off-season, speaks to reporters in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after officials of the Central League club said Otsuka will be put up for auction for a second time.

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Police on alert ahead of Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Police officers, dispatched from the Metropolitan Police Department to help local police, patrol aboard a watercraft near the Manza Beach Hotel in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 16 ahead of the July 21-23 summit of Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations.

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Transportation drill for G-8 summit held in Okinawa

ONNA, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter takes part in a drill to practice transporting officials attending the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in July in Okinawa Prefecture, at the Sunmarina Hotel in Onna in the prefecture. The hotel is to accommodate officials attending the summit.

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Teshima wins Fancl Okinawa Open golf in playoff

ONNA, Japan - Taichi Teshima clenches his fist in triumph after winning the 70 million yen Fancl Okinawa Open, the final event of the Japanese golf tour season, on Dec. 12. He carded six birdies against a lone bogey over his final tour of the Daikyo Country Club's 6,359-yard, par-71 course in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture.

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50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) listens to students during a visit to the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Onna on May 15, 2022, the 50th anniversary of the southern island prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) poses for a photo with researchers during a visit to the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Onna on May 15, 2022, the 50th anniversary of the southern island prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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640-meter underwater cave, Japan's largest, found in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - An Okinawa diver says he has found a mammoth underwater stalactite cave, believed to be the biggest discovered so far in Japan, near the Manzamo resort in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture. The cave consists of a labyrinth of passageways about 640 meters in length, 150 meters longer than another Okinawa underwater cave, the 490-meter-long Hidenchigama cave off Kume Island. Photo was provided by Marine Dome, a diving shop run by he diver, Toshiaki Hirobe. (Kyodo)

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WOMAN OF THE DUNES

WOMAN OF THE DUNES aka SUNA NO ONNA L-R, EIJI OKADA, KYOKO KISHIDA Date: 1964

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WOMAN OF THE DUNES

WOMAN OF THE DUNES aka SUNA NO ONNA KYOKO KISHIDA Date: 1964

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WOMAN OF THE DUNES

WOMAN OF THE DUNES aka SUNA NO ONNA KYOKO KISHIDA Date: 1964

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WOMAN OF THE DUNES

WOMAN OF THE DUNES aka SUNA NO ONNA KYOKO KISHIDA Date: 1964

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LIFE OF O'HARU

LIFE OF O'HARU [JAPAN 1952] aka SAIKAKU ICHIDAI ONNA Date: 1952

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People pray for soul of slain Okinawan woman

People pray for the soul of a slain local woman on May 26, 2016, near the site where her body was found one week ago in the Okinawa village of Onna. A former U.S. Marine was arrested for dumping her body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Civilian U.S. base worker admits to killing Okinawa woman

Police investigators search for evidence on May 20, 2016, near the spot where the body of a 20-year-old Japanese woman was found in the village of Onna in Okinawa Prefecture a day earlier. Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested May 19 on suspicion of disposing of Rina Shimabukuro's body, has admitted to throttling and stabbing her, according to investigative sources. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Photographer draws on long-lost Okinawa prints for 1st U.S. book

Photographer Mao Ishikawa has published a new volume, "Red Flower: The Women of Okinawa" ("Akabana: Okinawa no onna"), revisiting her 1970s portraits of Japanese bar hostesses and U.S. servicemen in her native Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People pray for soul of slain Okinawan woman

People pray for the soul of a slain local woman on May 26, 2016, near the site where her body was found one week ago in the Okinawa village of Onna. A former U.S. Marine was arrested for dumping her body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) and Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate who is to serve as president of the planned institute, take part in a groundbreaking ceremony April 6 in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, to mark the start of construction of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology's main campus, scheduled to open around 2012. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

NAHA, Japan - Sydney Brenner, a British biologist and Nobel laureate named as president of the planned Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, at a news conference in Onna, Okinawa on April 6. A groundbreaking ceremony was held later in the day to mark the start of construction of the institute's main campus in Onna, scheduled to open around 2012. (Kyodo)

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The hundred-step Otokozaka slope at Mt. Atago

The stone stairs leading to Atago Shinto Shrine at the top of Mt. Atago. The steps in the centre, Otoko-zaka (Man Slope), are mentioned in old stories and songs as the place where Magaki Heikuro ascended and descended on horseback. The inclination of about 40 degrees seems too steep for a horse. The gently-sloping staircase on the right is Onna-zaka (Woman Slope). There was a third slope called Shin-zaka (New Slope) at the other side of the mountain. One of the photographs in the album sold by Baron Raimund von Stillfried Rathenitz, this may have been taken by Felix Beato in the early years of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐24‐0]

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Shime-kazari,a sacred festoon,and a geisha

A geisha stands under the Shimekazari (rope decoration) dressed as a strolling singer (Torioi onna). Strolling singers collected donations wearing a braided hat and playing the shamisen.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐20‐0]

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Fujikawa's salary stays the same at 400 million yen

GINOWAN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers closer Kyuji Fujikawa speaks to reporters in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2010, after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an annual salary of 400 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Former nurse in Okinawa conveys tragic WW2 memories

NAHA, Japan - Yoneko Uehara, a former World War II student nurse at a field hospital in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, lectures in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2014, with a hand-drawn picture depicting injured soldiers being provided with suicide grenades. (Kyodo)

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Former nurse in Okinawa conveys tragic WW2 memories

NAHA, Japan - Yoneko Uehara, a former World War II student nurse at a field hospital in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, briefs children on her ordeal in the war with hand-drawn pictures in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2014. (Kyodo)

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World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - A dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12, 2011, in the village of Onna on Okinawa Prefecture's main island, is measured Oct. 31 at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute. (Kyodo)

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World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - Koki Terada, a researcher at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, on Oct. 31, 2011, in the institute in Nanjo in the prefecture, holds a dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12 in the village of Onna on the prefecture's main island. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute. (Kyodo)

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Japanese literary awards winners

(From R) Natsuko Imamura and Masumi Oshima pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after Imamura won the Akutagawa Prize for her novel "Murasaki no Sukato no Onna" (The woman in the purple skirt), and Oshima won the Naoki Prize for "Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi" (Whirlpool, husband and wife mountains: a mirror of virtuous women, requiem). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese literary awards winners

(From R) Natsuko Imamura and Masumi Oshima pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after Imamura won the Akutagawa Prize for her novel "Murasaki no Sukato no Onna" (The woman in the purple skirt), and Oshima won the Naoki Prize for "Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi" (Whirlpool, husband and wife mountains: a mirror of virtuous women, requiem). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese literary award winner

Natsuko Imamura speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after winning the Akutagawa Prize for her novel "Murasaki no Sukato no Onna" (The woman in the purple skirt). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo