The Sakishima Islands, a portion of the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan, are located between Okinawa and Taiwan with a population ...

It is one of the more remarkable facts of Taiwan history that it was never occupied or claimed by any of the numerous ...

The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight ...

NHK has learned that the remains of some 20 people believed to have died in World War Two have been found on Iejima Island in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. This is the first discovery of its ...

The third shell was found Feb. 8 and removed March 25 from a site near an elementary school in the Ozato district of Nanjo ...

The chief of the aviation weather station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was under the influence of alcohol while ...

As US troops were trying to clear caves of hidden Japanese defenders, the two civilians, like so many on Okinawa, were caught in the crossfire. They would be among the estimated 240,000 people ...

Longevity travel is the buzzword of the moment. This surging trend has seen people exploring how to extend their lifespan, looking to the Blue Zone countries for guidance.

But do blue zone residents really live longer? Or is their legendary lifespan more myth than science? “People [in blue zones] reach age 100 at 10 times greater rates than in the United States,” ...

China has made extensive use of malinformation. Its story about the Okinawa protests – headlined “Okinawan People Demand Review of U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement” – reported real ...