Hundreds of thousands of people, including U.S. service members, watched and took part in Naha’s annual Tug-of-War festival ...

Take a multi-day trip to Ishigaki in Okinawa’s Ryukyu islands and see natural beauty as well as historical buildings.

I dreamt last night that all the writers and editors at the Star-Advertiser were in meetings, sick or on vacation, and I had ...

I was reading the book “Ikigai” by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles, and I came across this phrase “Active Mind Youthful Body.” I realized this speaks not only to the old people but to everybody ...

Mike Farrell’s family left South St. Paul for California when he was 2, but that didn’t erase the Minnesota demeanor he still carries today. “The family lore is widespread in the South St. Paul area, ...

This family of five flew in business class on Singapore Airlines during the holiday season—for $0 in cash. They spent more ...

Among them, Mayor Akira Ogawa has refuted reports of her impropriety, saying her ‘love hotel’ check-ins with a male colleague ...

I really felt like they needed a friend or a neighbor or somebody who could just help them figure life out here.” ...

Taking South Korea as an example again, blue crab is its delicacy that can presently be consumed anytime, but autumn is peak ...

Before the gunshots, before the fire, before the deaths of four people at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in ...

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that her government will draw up a stimulus package to address rising living costs. Speaking at a press conference, Takaichi, who was ...

The lone suspect in a mass shooting and devastating fire at a Michigan church is a former U.S. Marine who served in Operation ...