When Malia Higa replied, “Masagisanu tomato yaibin yatai” (Your tomatoes look tasty), those around her looked a little surprised because an “American” spoke in the Okinawan dialect.

He started by visiting caves, called “gama” in Okinawan dialect, where Okinawan residents committed mass suicide during the war, and beaches where the American forces landed. He also listened ...

Tida means the sun in Okinawan dialect in Japan. In the audio, Ms Hawkins explains how TIDA started and talks about her life in Perth. TIDA will perform for a Lunar New Year event this month in ...

"We were at the Mabuni Hills standing there with our baggage, when a young [Japanese] man, probably a soldier, said to us in the Okinawan dialect, 'We don't have food. We should surrender and turn ...

not knowing the language,” Nakachi-Kuba said. According to the University of Hawaii Center for Okinawan Studies, the dream for most immigrants had been to earn a better living in Hawaii and ...

A Chinese-led genetic study has offered a new piece to the ancestral puzzle of where modern East Asians came from, but it has also threatened to deepen political fault lines in Okinawa ...

The subtropical island of Okinawa Prefecture has an environment, climate and culture very different to mainland Japan. An independent kingdom and trading hub until the 17th century, the influence ...

Keiko Higa, a goodwill ambassador for Okinawa Prefecture, visits Sydney every 2-3 months to promote Okinawa in Australia and to become the bridge between them. As a cooking specialist for Okinawan ...