10 Unusual Attractions in Japan That Look Nothing Like What You’d Expect
Japan is famous for combining ancient traditions with futuristic cities, but it also has a surprising side. Scattered across ...
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DODEA students learn ancient math skills with Japanese abacus on Okinawa
A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan Society website. Japanese third- and fourth-graders are required to practice ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) U.S. MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft are parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, on the main island of the Okinawa archipelago, southern Japan ...
Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.
Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
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Fear roils the tiny Japanese island sitting on the front lines of a potential clash with China over Taiwan
In August, a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane briefly violated Japanese airspace off the southern main island of Kyushu, ...
‘I haven’t given my Japanese side its due’: Dave Roberts reflects ahead of Dodgers’ Tokyo opener
The influx of Japanese players on the Dodgers' roster has allowed the Okinawa-born Dave Roberts to reconnect with his ...
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Air Force base tightens night training rules after noise complaints from Okinawans
The Air Force’s 18th Wing is tightening approval measures for nighttime exercises after unauthorized training last month involving simulated explosions and gunfire drew complaints from a neighboring ...
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Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from WWII battle
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people killed in one of the ...
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Japanese digger searches for WWII remains: ‘Best way to honor war dead is never to allow another war’
Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa’s economic ... a U.S. Marine Corps air station that sits in a crowded town after years of friction, but Okinawans remain angry at a plan ...