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Okinawa Paradise: A laid-back taste of Ryukyu culture
The earthly delights are numerous and varied in Kabukicho, Shinjuku's notorious, though now mostly scrubbed-up, red-light district. The pleasures offered at Okinawa Paradise, though, are strictly wholesome. As the name proclaims, the focus at this laid-back, old-school izakaya tavern is on the food and drink ...
Okinawa delays reversal on base landfill work as Tokyo pauses ahead of poll to replace Onaga
Naha puts its last-ditch legal maneuver against the relocation plan on hold while Tokyo pauses to ensure the September election to replace late Gov. Takeshi Onaga doesn’t backfire.
LDP-backed Atsushi Sakima to run in Okinawa governor's election
Abe is expected to support the Ginowan mayor in a bid to push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. air base within the prefecture.
Five Okinawa women in their 40s, who practiced singing and dancing as teens at the same school as pop diva Namie Amuro, have recently relaunched their music careers after a lengthy break with a goal of achieving fame. The members of aptly named Dream 39 ...
Gov. Takeshi Onaga's death muddles long-standing U.S. base relocation plan in Okinawa
The passing of the late governor came less than two weeks after he announced he was revoking predecessor Hirokazu Nakaima's 2013 approval of a permit for the Henoko project.
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga died Wednesday evening at age 67 following hospitalization related to pancreatic cancer. The death of the governor, who had been ill for many months and who underwent surgery in April to remove a cancerous tumor, comes just days after he ordered ...
Okinawa's governor moves to retract landfill work approval needed to move Futenma base
The order is seen as a last-ditch effort to block the central government’s long-delayed plan to move the unpopular base.
Kitchens of longevity: The culinary secrets of age-old Okinawa
Okinawa is one of the world’s “Blue Zones,” areas where people live particularly long and healthy lives. Observing the processes and procedures behind Okinawan yakuzen medicinal cooking offers some delicious hints.
Large percentage of private lodgings in Okinawa vanish after new minpaku law takes effect
With its abundant, pristine beaches and renowned cultural and historic sites, it's little surprise that Okinawa Prefecture became a hot market for minpaku (private lodging) services. But after a new law for such lodgings took effect on June 15, most of the more than 3,000 ...
U.S. government to pay compensation to family of murdered Okinawan woman
The U.S. government has agreed to pay compensation to the family of a slain Okinawan woman in place of the former U.S. base worker convicted of murdering her in 2016, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Friday. "In case the payment from the U.S. side falls ...
Protest held at sea in Okinawa against land reclamation work for U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma base
Okinawa residents held a protest demonstration at sea Monday against scheduled land reclamation work for the relocation of a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost island prefecture. While the full-fledged landfill work for moving U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is expected to start as ...
