Blue Zones are regions of the world where people regularly live longer than average. Okinawa, Japan is a Blue Zone and home to the longest-lived women in the world. People form tight-knit friendship ...

Residents in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa were evacuated on Wednesday after Taiwan recorded its strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years earlier in the day. Local broadcaster NTV showed people ...

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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Only 36 people attended a Wednesday ceremony commemorating the Battle of Okinawa’s 76th anniversary, even as cases of the respiratory disease continued to decline across Japan.

It’s something longevity expert Dan Buettner, who discovered the five Blue Zones (places where people regularly live to be over 100 years old in good health), saw first-hand in Okinawa, Japan. In this ...

Experts and scholars attend an academic roundtable discussing "Ryukyu and Okinawa in the Postwar 80 Years" held at the Department of History of Peking University on December 6, 2025. Photo: Xing ...

Most people aspire to live a long, happy, and healthy life, yet only a few achieve it. However, there is a place in Japan called Okinawa, which stands out as one of the world’s 'Blue Zones'. The ...

An archipelago of 150 small, rural islands south of mainland Japan, Okinawa is best known to Americans for two things: Its horrific World War II battle and the “Okinawa Diet.” That plant-based diet ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARI YAMAGUCHI (Associated Press) TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds ...

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TOKYO — A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 30 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China. The ...

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 30 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China.