The number of centenarians in Japan has hit a record high at nearly 100,000 people, the company’s health ministry said on ...

Etomidate, a medical anaesthetic, has now hit Japan’s party scene, sending young people to hospital with alarming symptoms.

Japan has achieved a remarkable milestone with nearly 100,000 centenarians as of September 1, 2025, marking the 55th ...

My eyes are drawn to the long, dark arrows that trace the length of her fingers—a sacred art now nearly lost. I tell her that ...

Eighty years after the Battle of Okinawa, thousands of victims remain unaccounted for. One man continues to search for the ...

The Guinness Book of Records is the one that keeps and shares those records worldwide, both human and natural. The latest has taken place in Japan. The government has recorded a re ...

Thursday marked exactly 30 years since three US service members stationed in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa ...

Discover the Okinawan diet – the traditional Japanese way of eating linked to longevity, healthy ageing and some of the world ...

Dr. Dmitry Yaranov highlights five daily habits of Okinawans, a Blue Zone population known for longevity. These habits include having a strong sense of purpose (Ikigai), following a plant-based diet, ...

NAHA (Kyodo) -- A local assembly member from the populist Sanseito party said transgender identities are "contagious" during ...

Chinese warships and aircraft passed through a key waterway as U.S. and Japanese forces staged a joint exercise, Japan’s ...

A paraglider carrying two people crashed offshore in Okinawa on September 3.According to the Japan Coast Guard, they ...