If the stress of being cooped up inside for weeks on end due to the coronavirus has got you down, Okinawa’s Yohena Hydrangea Garden in Motobu might be just what the doctor ordered. Tucked away in the ...

As Okinawa's Route 58 snakes northwards, leaving behind the lines of silver razor wire that surround the perimeters of U.S. military bases, the shabby ribbon of towns that form a kind of urban ...

MOTOBU, Okinawa Prefecture—The image of a sports stadium filled a projection screen at a gymnasium here, where 170 elementary school pupils had gathered. “This (photo shows) training in (the biggest) ...

MOTOBU, Okinawa -- A research center here has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of identifying endangered coconut crabs using their shell patterns, making the process far more ...

It was a Saturday afternoon, and my trip to the Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, Okinawa, had proved crowded and chaotic. Yet, there was something about the tranquility I felt staring at strange-looking ...

An enjoyable experience is worth repeating. So when I finished teaching a two-week Summer Intensive at a university in Tokyo and was ready to return home to Okinawa, I decided to again take the ferry ...