CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Okinawa prefecture is expecting tourists and businesses to cooperate with limits on visitation to one of Japan’s most popular destinations, the so-called “Galapagos of the East.

NAHA, Japan -- Okinawa prefecture has stepped up efforts to promote bicycle tourism, aiming to attract cyclists to its subtropical climate with routes open year-round, and cash in on an estimated 10.3 ...

Here is a place in Japan where business sentiment is higher than it was in the era of the bubble economy in the late 1980s — Okinawa, the string of islands known for crystal-clear waters and ...

Crystal blue seas, white sand beaches, colourful marine life and the Shuri Castle, home of the King of Ryukyu (a World Heritage Site) is what mainly comprises the Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawa consists ...

(eTN) – On the days immediately before, during and after the first anniversary of the March 11 , 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan engaged in days of soul-searching and reflection on the events of t ...

OKINAWA — More than 100 million yen (S$1,245,800) has been raised to restore Japan’s Shuri Castle in Okinawa, where a catastrophic blaze on Thursday (Oct 31) caused extensive damage and left at least ...

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Okinawa and Hawaii tourism and cultural issues have a lot in common. Okinawa sits over 1500km from Tokyo, halfway between mainland Japan and China. Both islands are tropical, have a similar climate.

More than 100 million yen (S$1.24 million) has been raised to restore Japan's Shuri Castle in Okinawa, where a catastrophic blaze on Thursday caused extensive damage and left at least one third - or ...

NAHA, Okinawa — There are war jitters here. Okinawa officials are afraid the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq is going to hurt its tourism industry. Just as Okinawa was climbing out of a tourist slump caused ...

With February’s termination of government employment subsidies, which also partially support furlough allowances, Okinawa Prefecture is expected to face a "March Crisis" — a situation in which tourism ...