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

Clothes at June sold well among junior high and high school students and young women. After Okinawa’s return to Japanese sovereignty in 1972, however, the industry significantly declined.

Miyagi, 70, a researcher of the history of Okinawan women, helped compile it. She said she has been unable to put the horrific incident out of her mind since she began collecting the accounts and ...

Known as the “land of immortals” in the past, Okinawan women live longer than any other woman on the planet and have lower ...

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

Bae Ponggi, a Korean woman who became a comfort woman for the former Japanese military in 1944, testifies for the first time in Okinawa in 1975, after Okinawa was returned to the mainland.

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

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — A woman opposed to U.S. military presence on Okinawa was convicted in a Japanese court recently on 16 counts related to her protests the past four years, including a threat ...