Travelling in the southern tip of Japan can be gloriously slow or boisterously jolly as one explores the many attractions of ...

The Okinawan archipelago is a subtropical paradise best ... like the Japan you see in the movies. Most of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed island is covered by dense jungle and mangrove swamps, while ...

3. Discover Churaumi Aquarium Churaumi Aquarium is quintessential when you’re in Okinawa. Regarded as one of Japan’s best and largest aquariums, Churaiumi houses an incredible variety of marine life ...

The Ministry of Defense plans to build a new training ground for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in the central area of Okinawa's main island. As tensions around Taiwan increase, remote ...

More than 120,000 civilians were killed. After the battle, Okinawa served as a strategic base for the US military to attack the Japanese mainland. That fact -- Okinawa serving as a key foothold of ...

Roughly 400-miles off the coast of Japan’s southernmost region of Kyushu, Okinawa has long been credited with having one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world.

The warm, tropical islands of Okinawa, Japan, are home to a stunning number ... "There is no one ingredient that is best," Yukie Miyaguni, a cooking teacher from Okinawa told Buettner in the ...