Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

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Dan Buettner, a National Geographic fellow and founder of the Blue Zones project, identified five original Blue Zones: ...

Japanese beauty is a goldmine of good ideas: facial massage, matcha, rice water in the hair... Many of these rituals have ...

In Okinawa Prefecture, juvenile delinquency increased as child welfare policies lagged behind. According to Okinawa’s police history, 885 juvenile offenders were arrested in 1951, but the figure ...

"Living in Okinawa, I deeply value my connection with nature. This stool is inspired by the form and motion of a wine opener – it is designed to be twisted into the ground, ...

The number of Chinese people living in Japan hit a record high of 870,000 last year. This comes as people from China are moving to Japan for reasons that are very different from those of previous ...

Okinawa on Monday pledged to preserve and pass on the lessons of history at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the ...

People in Japan are marking 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, a campaign of fierce ground fighting during the closing stages of World War Two.

A new film tells the true story of two Japanese soldiers in World War II. The soldiers lived for two years on top of a very ...