My family moved from New Orleans to Okinawa. Public spaces in Japan are design with kids in mind, something I miss now that I ...

Okinawans in Japan, part of a Blue Zone, live long due to their Moai tradition—small social groups offering financial and emotional support. This prac ...

Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

People can enjoy leisure activities there without ... It is quite common in Okinawa Prefecture, he said, for the water to be calm on one side of a cape but there to be a rapid current on the ...

He is Kamejiro Senaga, the 49-year-old chief of the Okinawa People’s Party. The party’s principal plank was opposition to U.S. requisitioning of land for military purposes, which over the ...

An American professor and a Japanese author, speaking to reporters Friday in Tokyo, said their nations should take a less ...

U.S. military strikes around Japan on Oct. 10, 1944, killed more than 600 people and prompted the evacuation and mobilization of civilians in Okinawa Prefecture. The attack became known as the ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.