While sandy beaches and crystal blue water may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Japan, we think the tropical shores of Okinawa are some of the best beaches on the planet.

TORII STATION, Okinawa – U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa personnel observed this year’s Earth Day with a volunteer beach cleanup event Saturday. More than 40 community members, including service members, ...

Around the country lies some of the most beautiful, white-sand, crystal-clear water beaches you’ll ever find. While most tourists associate Japan with the bustling lights of Tokyo, we’re going to let ...

In order to minimise its footprint, the hotel will appear to ‘float’ above the interface between forest and beach, with ...

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a snaking hotel for hospitality brand Not A Hotel, which will perch above a ...

CHATAN, Okinawa — Cleaning up Okinawa’s beaches is a popular volunteer activity for Americans living here with the U.S. military. It’s a way to show they’re good neighbors and environmentally ...

CHATAN, Okinawa — Bathers are getting stung and Okinawa beaches are closing due to the early return this summer of the Habu Kurage, or stinger jellyfish. The emergency room of the U.S. Naval Hospital ...

Akiko Urasaki knows what it’s like to grow up with the specter of war. She’s spent her life in the shadow of a vast complex of US military bases in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture. She ...