OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture--One day in April, a fruit-and-vegetable man spoke to a shopper in broken English at a farmer’s market here because he assumed she was a foreigner. When Malia Higa ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Nobuko Oshiro didn't back off when her instructor of an Okinawan-style dance suggested that she take karate to improve her dance steps. “I found that a karate dojo ...

The new Karate Kid movie starringRalph Macchio andJackie Chan receives an official title and logo ahead of its theatrical ...

In the Sao Paulo neighbourhood of Liberdade, samba and Japanese tradition often mix Who would have known that the Okinawan language found a home in Brazil just when it was fading back in Japan?

The islands of Okinawa, located in southern Japan, are home to more centenarians—people aged 100 or older—than anywhere else in the world. People living in Okinawa have a lower rate of cancer ...

Okinawa's return to Japanese sovereignty in 1972 became a turning point in the lives, and attitudes, of many residents. The US had been paying rent for the land used for its bases.

But residents of the island, which lies in remote waters of Okinawa Prefecture in the country’s far south, are concerned the camp ― and a new type of missile ― will only make their home a ...

The Karate Kid: Street Rumble takes you out of the dojo and into the streets of the 1980s San Fernando Valley and Okinawa. Play as Daniel LaRusso, Mr. Miyagi, Ali Mills, and Kumiko as you take on ...

What makes a good AI logo? It’s a thorny question that every player in the current crop of leading AI companies has faced, since unlike an email app — which marries neatly with an envelope ...

Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. The Okinawa Islands are part of the Ryukyu Archipelago, a chain that stretches from Taiwan to ... [+] Kyushu. Vaulted to international ...

Though Netflix’s Cobra Kai series has managed to keep Karate Kid fans satiated for the most part, it’s been nearly 15 ...