About Stripes Okinawa

Okinawa.stripes.com is an online interactive version of the print weekly, Stripes Okinawa, which serves the U.S. military community in Okinawa, Japan, with information and constructive news on local events, activities and entertainment. 

Stripes Okinawa is a product of the advertising department of Stars and Stripes Pacific and an advertising supplement to Stars and Stripes. This daily newspaper and its website, Stripes.com, are authorized for publication by the Department of Defense for members of the military services overseas.

The contents of Stripes Okinawa, and its corresponding website, Okinawa.stripes.com, however, are unofficial, and are not to be considered as the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense or the U.S. Pacific Command.

As a DOD newspaper, Stripes Okinawa may be distributed through official channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote and isolated locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. The appearance of advertising in this publication, and its corresponding website, including online links and printed inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement of those products by the Department of Defense or Stars and Stripes.

Products or services advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor of the purchaser, user or patron.

Interested in advertising with Stripes Okinawa? Visit the Pacific Advertising page for more information.