Blue Zones are regions of the world where people regularly live longer than average. Okinawa, Japan is a Blue Zone and home to the longest-lived women in the world. People form tight-knit friendship ...

Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan, but it’s culture has been greatly influenced by all it’s Asian neighbors. The island may be nearly 5,000 miles away, but in many ways, it’s just like home, in the way ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Only 36 people attended a Wednesday ceremony commemorating the Battle of Okinawa’s 76th anniversary, even as cases of the respiratory disease continued to decline across Japan.

It’s something longevity expert Dan Buettner, who discovered the five Blue Zones (places where people regularly live to be over 100 years old in good health), saw first-hand in Okinawa, Japan. In this ...

An archipelago of 150 small, rural islands south of mainland Japan, Okinawa is best known to Americans for two things: Its horrific World War II battle and the “Okinawa Diet.” That plant-based diet ...

TOKYO — A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 30 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China. The ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan’s new leader vowed this week to push ahead with relocating Marine Corps air operations on Okinawa, dealing a blow to the prefectural governor and other activists who ...

Chinese and Japanese fighter pilots have edged closer to a dangerous line over the East China Sea, with Tokyo accusing Chinese J-15s of locking fire-control radar on Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARI YAMAGUCHI (Associated Press) TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds ...