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 ...

Its popularity has surged following the inclusion, and an increasing number of karate fans all over the world are visiting Okinawa to learn the martial art in its birth place. There are said to be ...

ITOMAN, Japan — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are ...

“Kerama mishi ga matsuge miran” is an Okinawan saying similar in meaning to the Japanese proverb “Todai moto kurashi” (It is often difficult to see what’s right in front of your eyes ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - While the culture of Okinawa continues to thrive in Hawaii, the native language of the southern ...

Takamatsu Gushiken, a "gamafuya," an Okinawa dialect meaning a person who digs in a cave, searches in a cave for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards the end of the ...