The vivid vermilion wooden palace, long regarded as a symbol of the island, is finally visible again as crews move on to ...

NAHA—The vivid red of Shuri-jo Castle's main hall here gleams under the sun once more, nearly free of the temporary roof that ...

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, ...

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 ...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)--Six years after a fire, restoration work was nearly completed in July on the vivid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shuri Castle, often described as “Uchinanchu,” or Okinawa’s heart and soul, was ablaze on Oct. 31 and burned for more than 11 hours. More than 170 firefighters responded, but the fire consumed several ...