NAHA, Japan — Hana Morita was scrolling through Pinterest when she came across hajichi, a minimalistic tattoo worn by Okinawan women on their fingers and hands. Once common on the subtropical ...

Going PlacesHike the sacred Yanbaru forest, a.k.a. The Galápagos of the East, with a female shaman (yuta) and learn about the spiritual role of women in the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom on this eight-day ...

Okinawa, with a population of 1.5 million, hosts 70 percent of the American bases despite accounting for only 0.6 percent of Japan’s landmass. There are 80,000 Americans on the island , of whom ...

According to the 2020 national census, the total number of single women aged 15 to 49 in 46 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, excluding Tokyo, was about 9.1 million.