How to explore the tropical side of Japan in Okinawa

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...
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Okinawa Diet: The Japanese Way of Eating for a Long, Healthy Life

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 ...
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Okinawan Sea Grapes Reveal Secrets of Plant Evolution

If you've ever dined on the tropical island of Okinawa, Japan, your plate may have been graced by a remarkable pile of seaweed, each strand adorned with tiny green bubbles. Known as umi-budo or sea ...
Stars and Stripes

Rite of spring: Army base on Okinawa sees season’s first green sea turtle

TORII STATION, Okinawa — A 100-million-year-old reproductive ritual continued this week at this small Army installation on Okinawa’s western coast. A green sea turtle crawled ashore early Wednesday at ...