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 practice, along with healthy diets, exercise, and a ...

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 ...

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

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

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

40 years ago, when the postwar American occupation of Okinawa ended and many people began to talk about their wartime experiences for the first time. They described their clear memories in vivid ...

Okinawa, Japan, one of the world’s rare Blue Zones where people live long lives, has introduced a new wellness tour focused ...

Okinawa Adventures has launched a wellness tour in its namesake prefecture, one of only five 'Blue Zones' where people live ...