Hara Hachi Bu: The Okinawan secret to longevity and better metabolism, and why stopping at 80% full matters

Okinawans practice 'hara hachi bu,' eating until 80% full, a Confucian principle linked to healthy aging and disease ...
Yahoo

A cook from Okinawa, Japan — where many live to be over the age of 100 — explains the healing powers of 7 traditional foods

Okinawa, Japan, has an unusually high rate of people living past 100. One key to Okinawa's Blue Zone status is the region's traditional cuisine. Okinawans fill up on foods rich in antioxidants, fiber, ...
Task & Purpose

The Okinawans Treat Americans With Utmost Respect. We Need To Do The Same

“That cannot be right,” I thought after googling the command and realizing my husband’s new orders were to Okinawa, Japan. He was deployed at the time, and moving to Japan was the last thing I ...
Yahoo

Okinawa, Japan is a Blue Zone where a remarkable number of people live to 100. Residents live with intention, have life-long friends, and eat lots of vegetables.

Blue Zones are regions of the world where people regularly live longer than average. Okinawa, Japan is a Blue Zone and home to the longest-lived women in the world. People form tight-knit friendship ...

Celebrating 125 years of Okinawan immigration to Hawaii

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - This year marks the 125th anniversary of Okinawan immigration to Hawaii. It started with just ...
PBS

Okinawa Soki Soba

Don’t confuse Okinawan soba with Japanese soba. The blend of noodles, soup, and pork spare ribs embodies the spirit of the Okinawan people and the complex history of their islands. Family Ingredients ...
Daily Journal

Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard

ITOMAN, Japan (AP) — 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 from ...
Global Times

We empathize with anxiety and sorrow of the Okinawan people: Global Times Editorial

A delegation of lawmakers from the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly of Japan submitted a resolution to the Defense Ministry, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Monday and Tuesday. The ...
Newsday

An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II

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 from the ...
Maryland Reporter

Okinawa: Remembering all the dead

OKINAWA — Unlike some Okinawans, Masahide Ota does not want to forget the battle. In 1945, the 20-year-old Ota was mobilized as a member of the Blood and Iron Scouts for Japan’s emperor. He was with ...
Forbes

Give Okinawa Back To The Okinawans

The U.S. is overextended and overburdened, but Washington policymakers are determined to preserve America’s dominant military presence around the globe. Financial pressure is forcing the ...
CBS News

Inside the U.S. Marine base in Okinawa at the heart of a coronavirus outbreak

Okinawa — The U.S. military in Japan reported three new infections on Friday, a low figure that suggested the coronavirus outbreak among U.S. military personnel in Okinawa was plateauing. At least 141 ...