The 1975 Okinawa Ocean Expo, a huge event to celebrate the prefecture's May 15, 1972, return to Japanese sovereignty, named its mascot Oki-chan, which it also bestowed upon the Indo-Pacific ...

The Ryukyu Miyarabi Kokeshi became a famed souvenir when it went on display at the Okinawa Ocean Expo in 1975. But a large stock of unsold dolls later piled up as fewer tourists visited Okinawa ...

The Japanese government has commenced full-scale land reclamation work in Oura Bay off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture ... some 70 meters from the ocean surface to improve the ...

A Marine Corps Osprey accidentally dropped a load of rations weighing nearly 1,000 pounds into the ocean west of Okinawa during training last week. An aircraft assigned to an unspecified squadron ...

At the Tropical Dream Center in Motobu Town's Ocean Expo Park, 80,000 tulips of some 40 varieties are in full bloom. The park ...

During the Bilateral Aircraft Mishap Functional Training Exercise, U.S. Navy sailors and Japanese emergency responders ...

Sean Hu’s “Ocean Elegy: The Tragedies of Mudan and ... will world premiere as the opening film of Japan‘s Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival.

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs. Home to World War II sites and a distinct “Blue Zone” culinary ...

The Tragedies of Mudan and Ryukyu,” a seven-years-in-the-making documentary exploring a pivotal 1870s incident that reshaped East Asian geopolitics, will world premiere as the opening film of Japan’s ...