Kazue Nakamura plays the "sanshin," a traditional Okinawan stringed instrument, with her wishes for peace in Osaka Prefecture, May 18, 2025. Her thoughts intertwine with feelings for her father, whose ...

Here are five rules which people reportedly follow on the Japanese island of Okinawa, which is said to have one of the ...

OSAKA -- Having faced prejudice, a 76-year-old woman born to an Okinawan mother and a U.S. serviceman who left Japan before she was born says that she wanted to erase her past until the 1990s. This ...

If you recently binge-watched Live To 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones on Netflix, you were probably left with some questions. The first episode of the docu-series follows author and explorer Dan ...

Most people want to be happy and live a long life, however, only not many are able to do so. But there's a place in Japan, named Okinawa, which is renowned as one of the world's "Blue Zones"-- a term ...

Discover the common traits of the world's longest-living communities and how you can incorporate their habits into your life.

Some people living at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa sheltered in place for about an hour after unexploded ordnance was ...

Longevity travel is one of the biggest trends of the year, as people worldwide become ever more fascinated with living a longer, fuller life. Many are spending significant sums, investing in ...

Take a multi-day trip to Ishigaki in Okinawa’s Ryukyu islands and see natural beauty as well as historical buildings.

Off the coast Okinawa Island in southwestern Japan, researchers equipped with scuba gear and suction pumps set out to investigate the muddy bottom of Kin Bay. Just over 30 feet down, they came upon a ...