After last episode’s breathtaking scenery in Okinawa in southern Japan, our latest Postcard focuses on something more traditional: the colourful textiles that visitors can see up close. Bingata ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Lt. Col. Patrick Cichon wanted to personally return Japanese mementos his father collected while serving during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa, but he didn’t have ...

Okinawa has one of the world’s highest populations of centenarians per capita Traditional local food is thought to be a contributing factor to longevity Unlike in other parts of Japan, sushi and ...

And yet, the following statements are both, I feel, true: 1. Too few in the West know about Okinawa. Anyone who has a voice should use it. 2. The voices of Okinawans need to be heard.

NAHA, Okinawa — It was like getting a message from a ghost. Nearly 60 years after a war that tore apart his family, Rin Onaga, 74, received a colored copy of a postcard last week from his ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Japanese soldier’s postcard, a World War II souvenir, had been buried in a dresser drawer in Clifton, N.J., for almost 50 years. It had been found on the body of … ...