The ocean is an awesomely big place with sea life that can make humans seem truly tiny by comparison. But unless you are an avid scuba diver, you probably are missing out on much of the ocean’s beauty ...

At the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, a giant oceanic manta ray can be seen gliding effortlessly through the Kuroshio Sea attraction's large ocean aquarium, drawing exclamations of delight from onlookers.

People evacuate to an upland area after a tsunami warning was issued in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Motobu on April 3, 2024. (Mainichi/Makiko Nagao) MOTOBU, Okinawa -- The smartphones of visitors ...

Japan has long been on the cutting edge of technology, and that rang true even tens of thousands of years ago. Researchers on the island of Okinawa have unearthed a pair of 23,000-year-old fish hooks, ...

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