The subtropical island of Okinawa ... is still seen in things like traditional textile designs. We hear folk songs recalling the sufferings and troubled history of Okinawa, from the samurai ...

A 102-year-old woman has shared her four secrets to living such a long life and even revealed the importance of eating one particular type of food ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

Keiko Itokazu Okinawans have long felt caught between the United States and Japan, which sent troops to claim the Okinawan island chain in the 1870s. Prior to that, Okinawa was known as the ...

Central and Okinawa prefectural government officials participated in the exercise, which involved evacuating residents of the Sakishima islands located ... such as what to do when residents ...