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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, ...
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 ...
Women's Health

What Is The Okinawa Diet? Experts Share The Benefits, Risks, And Foods To Try

If you recently binge-watched Live To 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones on Netflix, you were probably left with some questions. The first episode of the docu-series follows author and explorer Dan ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Cobra Kai’ Star Ralph Macchio Says Visiting Okinawa, Japan, “Was Almost A Spiritual One For Me”

The lush birthplace of karate is one of the world’s Blue Zones, where life expectancy is the longest, and several peaceful hotels beckon with hot springs, cultural heritage and sublime local cuisine.

In Japan’s Okinawa, You’ll Find Few American Tourists—but Plenty of Americana

A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and ...
KEYT

80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs

Itoman, Japan (CNN) — The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp ...
Forbes

Tatcha’s New Longevity Serum Bottles Up A Japanese Blue Zone For Ageless Skin

Vicky Tsai was broken. The Founder of Tatcha had spent years working nonstop to build her brand and had just stepped down as CEO in 2018. “It really, really took a toll on my body, and the hives and ...

My family moved from New Orleans to Okinawa. Parenting felt so much easier in Japan.

In spring 2022, we learned that Okinawa, Japan, would be our next home. I had been a military spouse for seven years, but my husband's medical training had allowed us stability. We lived in New ...

From orphan to advocate: state senator shares story of adoption, reunion

State Sen. Glenn Wakai was one of the few orphans from Okinawa more than 50 years ago to leave when a loving family from ...
Reuters

Okinawa mixes pragmatism, anger over U.S. military

NAHA, Japan (Reuters) - Chieko Sakihara would like the thousands of U.S. troops stationed on her home island of Okinawa to leave, but she's not holding her breath. Sign up here. "Ideals are ideals, ...
WTOP News

Japan’s emperor and his family pray in Okinawa for the victims of the island battle 80 years ago

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern Japanese island ...