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

With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation.

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

This year’s Washin Kai’s spring lecture will be by Professor Davinder Bhowmik from the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington (UW). On April 8, Bhowmik will be ...

People in this country believe that growing old is fun - and they reach staggering ages thanks to a traditional way of life ...

The population of this island live to a remarkable old age, with women in particular reaching the age of 100 with astonishing ...

Explore the lifestyle secrets behind Okinawa's extraordinary longevity, from diet to community bonds and daily movement.

The fighting ended at Itoman, where Gushiken and other volunteer cave diggers -- or "gamahuya" in their native Okinawan language -- have found the remains of what are likely hundreds of people.

The fighting ended at Itoman, where Gushiken and other volunteer cave diggers — or gamahuya in their native Okinawan language — have found the remains of what are likely hundreds of people. Gushiken ...

Gushiken and other volunteer cave diggers — or “gamahuya” in their native Okinawan language — have found the remains of what are likely hundreds of people killed in the Battle of Okinawa.