HONOLULU – Mayor Kirk Caldwell has requested Honolulu Hale to be illuminated in the traditional Okinawan color of purple this evening, Thursday, Oct. 31 to express solidarity with Honolulu’s sister ...

This aerial picture shows Shuri Castle after a fire ripped through the historic site in Naha, Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture, on October 31 Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images The Sho ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Marine Corps spouse has started a crowdfunding campaign to help rebuild and restore a UNESCO World Heritage site on Okinawa severely damaged by fire last week. Shuri Castle, ...

The main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, which was destroyed in a fire in October 2019, has largely regained its iconic appearance after exterior reconstruction work came close to ...

Here's why this city in Japan is quickly becoming one of the world's top tourist destinations and why you will want to add it ...

A fire has broken out at Japan’s Shuri Castle on the island of Okinawa, local police told CNN on Wednesday. People in the area are being evacuated, said a police spokesperson, though it is unclear how ...

The World Heritage site, a symbol of the southern island of Okinawa, was once the seat of a kingdom that spanned 450 years. By Daniel Victor A devastating fire on Thursday destroyed most of Shuri ...

TOKYO >> Fire and police investigators inspected the burned-out ruins of Shuri Castle on Okinawa today to determine the cause of the fire that nearly destroyed the symbol of the Japanese island’s ...

Investigators gather at the site of a fire on historic Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Fire and police investigators are inspecting the burned-out ruins of the ...