Although they may sound quite similar on the surface, Okinawan and Molokai purple sweet potatoes have a number of differences ...

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki welcomed the moves ... chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.

The islands of Okinawa, located in southern Japan, are home to more centenarians—people aged 100 or older—than anywhere else in the world. People living in Okinawa have a lower rate of cancer ...

Okinawa Japan is rife with countless exciting things to do and local dishes to savour, as well as luxury hotels. Here's a guide to all of them ...

The invasion of Japan loomed. The Japanese military stationed about 100,000 troops on Okinawa, with the aim of preventing the invasion of the mainland. Narration Imperial Headquarters of the ...

The Battle of Okinawa, fought against US-led forces, claimed the lives of more than 200 thousand civilians and soldiers. About one quarter of the entire population of Okinawa was wiped out.

Okinawa Prefecture will likely lose two lawsuits it filed in its long-running battle to stop the government from relocating a U.S. military base within the prefecture. The Supreme Court is set ...

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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa prefecture’s capital city will evacuate 1,400 people next month while Japanese troops disarm and remove a suspected U.S. bomb left over from World War II.

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the ...