and an art project they decided to participate in to keep Okinawan people's memory in Australia alive. The three interviewees were Ayaka Teruya, a mother of two, Riona Akamine, an Okinawan ...

The number of people who spoke the languages fell further as Okinawa was governed by the ... warns that if you forget the language of your native island, you will forget your homeland.

Now, Japanese overseas as well as Japanese government are looking to promote Awamori, an alcoholic beverage indigenous to Okinawa. Awamori is a distilled spirit, made of Thai-mai (long grain rice ...

The event highlighted the commonalities between Indigenous people across the globe — from the Tembé people of Alto Rio Guamá, Brazil, Ryukyuan people from Okinawa, Japan, to the Noongar and ...