An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

China has made extensive use of malinformation. Its story about the Okinawa protests – headlined “Okinawan People Demand ...

An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...

Longevity travel is the buzzword of the moment. This surging trend has seen people exploring how to extend their lifespan, ...

But do blue zone residents really live longer? Or is their legendary lifespan more myth than science? “People [in blue zones] ...

TOKYO: The contours of Japan's war plans are becoming clearer as the Defence Ministry in recent weeks launched its Joint ...

In Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, American troops landed on its main island on April 1, 1945 toward the end of ...

With curators from mainland Japan, Taiwan and Okinawa, the festival was anchored by works from those three regions, with the ...

A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan ...

Takamatsu Gushiken leaves a cave after a session of searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa ...

The remains of some 1,400 people found on Okinawa sit ... U.S. troops landed on Okinawa during their push toward mainland Japan, beginning a battle that lasted until late June and killed about ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.