A large and powerful typhoon came close to Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami region in Kagoshima Prefecture on August

A large and very strong typhoon is bringing prolonged rain and winds to southwestern Japan. Authorities say Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture are especially at risk.

Typhoon Dolphin is entering its final stage as it tracks across the Western Pacific, approaching mainland China after barreling past Japan's Ryukyu islands Friday.

Rather, author Jon Mitchell traces, with calm and incisive authority, the centuries of subjugation and dominance forced on the Pacific’s Okinawa Islands by its neighbour in the north – their annexation by Japan (in 1879),

People from the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa have shared their traditional dancing, music and history at an international event in Germany.