NAHA, Japan — A weakened Tropical Storm Mawar headed toward Japan’s southern archipelago of Okinawa on Thursday, leading businesses and the airport to close and fishermen to batten down their boats in ...

The lush birthplace of karate is one of the world’s Blue Zones, where life expectancy is the longest, and several peaceful hotels beckon with hot springs, cultural heritage and sublime local cuisine.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ryukyu Islands are divided into three major island groups: Okinawa Islands, the Miyako Islands, and the Yaeyama Islands.

On Okinawa, where more than four years ago U.S. arms won a famous and a costly victory (80,000 dead & wounded), General Douglas MacArthur’s Pacific command has carried on a postwar occupation without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grew up in Okinawa. Here's what I think the 'Blue Zones' trend has right and wrong about my home island. Yumi Matsumoto lived in ...

ITOMAN, Okinawa – One memorial to the cost of World War II memorial was recently updated, and another created, both in Okinawa prefecture, ahead of the 79 th anniversary of the culminating battle of ...

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a remote tropical island the size of Prince George’s County. It was ...

There are a group of islands that, for one reason or another, are home to inhabitants with exceptionally long lifespans. The Okinawa islands in Japan have several residents who are centenarians and ...