GSDF Camp Miyakojima on Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on March 10 (Kazuyoshi Sako) The crash of a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter has fueled residents’ fears about military-related ...
Leaning back on a resort poolside lounge chair, I heard the rustling sound of swaying sugarcane in the wind: “sasaq, sasaq.” The horizon beyond the ivory sandbar shimmered like glass. The silence was ...
MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that echoes today. Descendants of the two ethnic ...
Amid rising hopes for economic growth, Japan's tourism boom has exposed the need for regional authorities to develop infrastructure and help secure the manpower needed to deal with the influx of ...
An influx of construction workers to meet the demands of the tourism boom on the Okinawan resort island of Miyakojima is creating severe apartment shortages, sending rents higher. Take the rent for ...
The Rosewood Miyakojima will open on March 1 on Miyako Island, and the resort has begun taking reservations. It will be the Rosewood brand's first hotel in Japan. Nestled in sugarcane fields in the ...