Okinawa, with the rich culture that has continued since the Ryukyu Kingdom, offers the pleasure of tasting dishes and drinks ...

Ryukyu Bingata symbolises the maritime kingdom's prosperity through trade and royal culture. Bingata is still dyed by hand.

Okinawa prefecture and two towns adjacent to Kadena Air Base have made formal protests to U.S. and Japanese authorities after ...

The art of bingata has been a quiet symbol of resilience on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Now, it's being revived by the ...

The highly anticipated Junglia Okinawa theme park opened its doors on July 25, drawing early-morning crowds and boosting ...

Okinawa resident Hiromasa Iha can still recall the screams of his classmates and teachers after a US military jet crashed ...

Okinawa, Japan, has an unusually high rate of people living past 100. One key to Okinawa's Blue Zone status is the region's traditional cuisine. Okinawans fill up on foods rich in antioxidants ...

A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.

In Japan, Oban is usually celebrated from Aug. 13 to Aug. 15 each year; however, the Okinawa festival dates are set according to the lunar calendar and changes from year to year.

Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary Scoot announced the launch of new flight services to Chiang Rai in Thailand, and Okinawa and ...

Removing bases in Japan would severely impact U.S. force projection in East Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific. The U.S. might attempt to compensate by strengthening its presence in South Korea, Guam, ...

As people globally commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, dozens of people living on the Japanese ...