The Okinawa City Museum of Postwar Culture and History specifically focuses on the affereffects of World War II on the local ...

Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday (August 8, 2026), injuring six people and ⁠cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ...

The refreshing drink buku buku is a unique Okinawan tea originally imbued with social rituals dating from the Ryukyu dynasty.

Naha, Okinawa Pref. – With only a month left to go until the Sept. 13 Okinawa gubernatorial election, neither of the two main potential candidates has been able to secure a decisive lead in the ...

Five elderly people, three of whom fell due to strong winds, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Okinawa while another person was injured in Kagoshima prefecture, the authorities said. Nearly 39 ...

TOKYO: Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday (Aug 8), injuring five people and cutting power to 14,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ahead of ...

TOKYO—Russia held live missile drills near islands claimed by Japan, further straining relations with Tokyo after a visit to the disputed archipelago by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian ...

Japan says it has summoned the Russian ambassador to "strongly protest" President Vladimir Putin's trip to the disputed Kuril Islands. Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the far-eastern ...

Talking about Wagyu, the prized Japanese beef, it’s easy to stumble into poetry. Jumpei Sakai, who imports it, unintentionally spoke in haiku when asked about Wagyu: “It has a tender / texture, so you ...

For shipwright Dave Sharp, most interesting aspect of restoring the 63-year-old fishing vessel the Crystal S is its cultural heritage. “Otherwise, it’s a pretty typical Fraser River salmon boat, ...

The sardine went from feeding the nation to oiling the weapons industry. National Maritime Museum of Korea, CC BY-NC Empires have risen and fallen in their pursuit of precious resources such as oil, ...

Forty-five meters beneath the Pacific, Kingo Wakasa hovers beside the rusted hull of a World War II war grave off northern Okinawa. The ship below is the USS Emmons, an American destroyer scuttled on ...