Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

Elders in Okinawa remain physically active well into their 90s and beyond. Their secret? Purposeful movement, deep community ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

The Japanese government plans to begin subsidising long-term evacuation facilities in the Sakishima archipelago, at the ...

The Japanese government is taking uncomfortable steps to prepare its citizens for a possible future war that its military ...

The Japanese government has two civilian shelter models in development. One is a short-term plan using reinforced existing ...

More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle.

Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on June 23 it is the ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will set up the country's first long-stay evacuation shelters on an island near Taiwan by ...

The islands served as a center of trade between Japan, China, and Southeast Asia until being officially designated a Japanese territory and renamed Okinawa Prefecture in 1879.

Having been on a recent cruise that docked at Okinawa’s Naha Cruise Terminal 2, and later at Ishigaki, we can assure you that getting around on foot is absolutely doable – to some degree.