Lockers have been installed in public areas across super-efficient Japan, allowing people to safely store their umbrellas. Footage captured by Wen Baratheon shows her friend demonstrating how the ...

Okinawa, Japan, has an unusually high rate of people living past 100. One key to Okinawa's Blue Zone status is the region's traditional cuisine. Okinawans fill up on foods rich in antioxidants ...

More than 1,000 people from the disaster zone have fled NAHA, Japan (AP) — Okinawa is about as far away as one can get from Fukushima without leaving Japan, and that is why Minaho Kubota is here.

The Okinawa diet is based on a traditional style of eating that people living in Japan’s Okinawa islands follow. This diet generally includes foods that are low in calories, with a lot of emphasis on ...

The people of Okinawa have opposed this new base for more than two decades and so there is a basic mistake in Henoko. ... It is the issue not only for Okinawa but for all of Japan to think about.

The 77th anniversary of Okinawa prompted Japan's governor to minimize the presence of U.S. military in south Japan. The Battle of Okinawa killed almost 200,000 people at the time.

A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 20 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China.

"Some young people say that, you know, there is no way to kick all the bases out. ... The U.S. military occupation of Japan ended in 1952, but Okinawa didn't return to Japanese rule until 1972.

Okinawa — The U.S. military in Japan reported three new infections on Friday, ... Japanese officials have only counted 149 COVID-19 cases among the rest of the island's 1.4 million people since ...

In the East China Sea, in the south of Japan, the Okinawa prefecture encompasses 160 islands with a surprisingly tropical climate. It’s also one of five Blue Zones, where people live the longest ...

"Some young people say that, you know, there is no way to kick all the bases out. ... The U.S. military occupation of Japan ended in 1952, but Okinawa didn't return to Japanese rule until 1972.