A traditional mud-smearing festival to chase out evil has been held on Miyakojima, in the southern Japanese prefecture of ...

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 ...

A power outage hit almost every area of Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 25, affecting around 25,500 households, hospitals, schools and government services. Electricity was restored at ...

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 ...

Concerns are growing in Okinawa Prefecture that it could become embroiled in military conflict as the Self-Defense Forces bolster missile deployment in the sprawling southwestern Nansei Islands ...

Continuing with the brand’s commitment to thoughtful development, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® is set to open its first property in Japan in 2024. The brand is pleased to announce the appointment of ...

Above: Typhoon Maria at 8:20 am EDT July 10, 2018 as it approached Taiwan. The eye had become elliptical and distorted, image credit: Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan. Figure 1. MODIS visible satellite ...

It's been a year since the Okinawa Defense Bureau began construction of an ammunition depot at the Bora mine district in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture. Despite protests by local residents, ...