The idea sounded sensible at the time. Sugar plantations were losing money to rats, who were chewing through crops and ...

The beaches aren’t for swimming and visitors rent EVs on this southern Japanese island, where tourism authorities are trying to redefine what it means to be green. The Hoshinoya Okinawa, as seen from ...

It’s show time. Up heaves the sail, a concertina of heavy canvas pulled taut against the creaking wooden mast. It gulps the breeze that’s whisking cotton puffs of cloud out to sea. Black butterflies, ...

Visiting Okinawa, I was struck by how much it didn't feel like I was in Japan. Not only are the vast majority of buildings made of concrete, but they are designed in a unique Okinawan way. Video shows ...