The battle lasted until late June, killing about 200,000 people, nearly half of them Okinawan residents, including students and victims of mass suicides ordered by the Japanese military.

KITA-DAITO, Okinawa Prefecture--The village mayor of this remote island in southernmost Japan has agreed to allow the Air Self-Defense Force to deploy mobile warning and control radar to track ...

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

American teachers from a Defense Department school sampled Okinawa delicacies and explored Japanese teaching methods during a ...

With the introduction of the solar calendar in modern Japan, Lunar New Year celebrations have lost its place as a major event ...

The Pyramid Hut is a unique residence designed by Japanese design firm IGArchitects for a married couple. Situated on a long, narrow plot of land that gently slopes towards the back, the property ...

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

This year marks the 125th anniversary of that first Okinawan settlement in Hawaii, and descendants are looking ahead to a year of honor and commemoration of their Uchinanchu culture. Francis ...

experiences and workshops rooted in the Blue Zones research on Okinawan traditions. Spread across 32-acres within Okinawa’s Kaigan Quasi-National Park, Halekulani stretches along a mile of ...

Those earthy, highly nutritious tubers go by the names of Okinawan and Molokai purple sweet potatoes. When comparing types of ...