ANY Brits planning a bucket list holiday to Japan will be able to explore more of the city thanks to one airline offering ...

In a striking experiment, mice kept memories formed even when more than half of the synapses in their hippocampus disappeared ...

A security camera in Kumamoto Prefecture has filmed the moment an earthquake in the southwestern Japan prefecture caused the ground to rupture and rise, marking only the second time in the world the ...

TOKYO/BEIJING — Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, injuring six people and cutting power to ⁠more than 50,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ...

TOKYO — Typhoon Dolphin moved over Japan’s southern remote islands Friday, causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and grounding all flights in and out of the island, while sending hundreds of ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — U.S. military installations across the island entered their highest storm-alert level Thursday as Typhoon Dolphin approached with the potential to bring prolonged destructive ...

Okinawa on Tuesday marked 81 years since the end of a fierce World War II ground battle between Japan and the United States that took the lives of more than 200,000 military personnel and civilians.

Okinawa is no stranger to natural disasters. The island sits on two major tectonic plates — the Eurasian and the Philippine plates — that cause earthquakes and volcanoes to form. Okinawa is also prone ...

Okinawa is famous today for its pristine waters, gaudy Orion beer T-shirts, stone lions and dishes such as taco rice, but in centuries past it was better known as the centre of the independent Ryukyu ...

In Okinawa, where centenarians are common, the secret to longevity isn’t a miracle cure, but a lifestyle built on nourishing food, constant movement, strong social ties and a sense of purpose. SHISHA, ...

Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are using Okinawan songs to learn about climate and geology. Justin Higa is a postdoctoral fellow and a Ryukyuan traditional music practitioner. Our ...

Justin Higa (center right) and co-author June Uyeunten (far right) perform traditional Ryukyuan music. Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are using Okinawan songs to learn about ...