Visitors look at tropical fish transported from Japan's southern island of Okinawa displayed in a giant 14-ton fish tank at the Sony Square event space in Tokyo Visitors look at tropical fish ...

There are more centenarians—those aged 99 or older—living on Japan's Okinawa islands than anywhere else in the world. Okinawa is one of the most well-known Blue Zones—places with the world's ...

Chinese tourists, who tend to have a big appetite for shellfish, have increasingly pushed up prices for Ise-ebi (Japanese spiny lobster) in Okinawa fish markets to the point that many local residents ...

They could almost pass for a pair of ancient earrings. But instead, researchers have discovered the world’s oldest fish hooks. And it’s led them to suggest that maritime technology developed in ...

The Okinawa diet gets its name from the traditional eating style of those living on Japan’s Okinawa island. The diet is low-calorie and carb-based typically, but today consists of more protein and fat ...

Okinawa Island is known for three things: housing an American military base established following the conclusion of World War II, being the home of one of the longest-living populations of people in ...

The world’s oldest fish hooks, approximately 23,000 years old, have been found in a cave on Okinawa Island off the coast of Japan. Researchers say the fish hooks, made from the shells of sea snails ...