A TikToker, currently living in Okinawa, Japan, posted a video detailing 10 differences between the United States and Japan that sent her into a “coma.” Courtney Ramirez (@courtney_ramirez), who lived ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

Since reverting to Japan on May 15, 1972, Okinawa Prefecture has become a major tourist destination. However, work remains to improve its economic self-sufficiency and standards of living. The Irabu ...

There are more centenarians—those aged 99 or older—living on Japan's Okinawa islands than anywhere else in the world. Okinawa is one of the most well-known Blue Zones—places with the world's ...

An Airbnb with barrel sauna and a private jacuzzi, Okinawa Ocean view villa provides plentiful facilities for people who love ...

February 10, 2015: Outside the gate of the US Marine Corp’s Camp Schwab at Henoko in northern Okinawa a sign announced that this was the 220th day of the sit-in there. Next to it stood an elderly man ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Despite not having a hurricane yet in the Atlantic, there are permeant residents of Jacksonville experiencing the effects of a Category 5 Storm system. This is Super Typhoon ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Cpl. James Cates said he didn’t have time to think once he heard a fellow Marine’s cries for help while in the water this spring off Oku Beach on the northern tip of Okinawa.

TOKYO -- As Japan prepares to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the nation's return to sovereignty and the end of U.S. occupation after World War II, some members of one community are getting ready to ...

Getting to live many long, healthy years is certainly desirable. After all, who wouldn't want to spend a few more decades with their family, some precious extra time with friends, or traveling the ...

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 ...