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NAHA, Japan -- More international tourists visiting Japan's Okinawa prefecture are taking advantage of an insurance policy that provides rental car users with financial protection against medical expenses. [1]

NAGO, Japan -- A jungle theme park opened in Okinawa on Friday to crowds of eager visitors from both home and abroad, in a bid to capitalize on Japan's surging tourism growth. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

NAHA, Japan -- A hotel construction frenzy has gripped Japan's subtropical Okinawa island chain, which welcomes 10 million tourists annually, domestic and foreign. [3]

International relationsChina looks to bring Okinawa into play as feud with Japan escalates Beijing questions Tokyo's sovereignty, seeking to sway public opinion in Okinawa Beijing was enraged by comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi abou... [4]

Nagasaki and Okinawa have been selected for The New York Times' list of "52 places to go in 2026." The U.S. daily placed Nagasaki 17th on the list. The newspaper said that as the U.S. [5]

I’m early for dinner, so I ask the taxi driver to drop me a few blocks from my destination, a discreet restaurant in Ishikawa, a sleepy port about two hours north of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture. [6]

TOKYO/NAHA, Okinawa -- Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japan by the U.S. Indo-PacificOkinawa, 50 years after return, still heavily in U.S. defense playbook Calls to cut burden drowned out by need for U.S. [7]

NEW YORK -- The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and five escort vessels have passed through a key waterway off Japan on their way to the Pacific Ocean, the Joint Staff Office of the Japanese Defense Ministry said Sunday. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-14 · 75% match

Rental car-medical insurance deal lures foreign tourists in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan -- More international tourists visiting Japan's Okinawa prefecture are taking advantage of an insurance policy that provides rental car users with financial protection against medical expenses.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-25 · 75% match

Junglia Okinawa opens in southern Japan in new tourism push

NAGO, Japan -- A jungle theme park opened in Okinawa on Friday to crowds of eager visitors from both home and abroad, in a bid to capitalize on Japan's surging tourism growth.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-08-24 · 75% match

Condo and hotel-building frenzy heats up in Japan's Okinawa

NAHA, Japan -- A hotel construction frenzy has gripped Japan's subtropical Okinawa island chain, which welcomes 10 million tourists annually, domestic and foreign.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-12 · 75% match

China looks to bring Okinawa into play as feud with Japan escalates

International relationsChina looks to bring Okinawa into play as feud with Japan escalates Beijing questions Tokyo's sovereignty, seeking to sway public opinion in Okinawa Beijing was enraged by comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi abou

[5] MM www.japantimes.co.jp · 2026-01-07 · 62% match

Nagasaki and Okinawa make New York Times’ list of ‘52 places to go in 2026’

Nagasaki and Okinawa have been selected for The New York Times' list of "52 places to go in 2026." The U.S. daily placed Nagasaki 17th on the list. The newspaper said that as the U.S.

[6] MM www.japantimes.co.jp · 2025-04-18 · 65% match

Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game

I’m early for dinner, so I ask the taxi driver to drop me a few blocks from my destination, a discreet restaurant in Ishikawa, a sleepy port about two hours north of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-05-14 · 84% match

Okinawa, 50 years after return, still heavily in U.S. defense playbook

TOKYO/NAHA, Okinawa -- Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japan by the U.S. Indo-PacificOkinawa, 50 years after return, still heavily in U.S. defense playbook Calls to cut burden drowned out by need for U.S.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-04-05 · 75% match

Chinese aircraft carrier and 5 ships pass Okinawa on way to Pacific

NEW YORK -- The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and five escort vessels have passed through a key waterway off Japan on their way to the Pacific Ocean, the Joint Staff Office of the Japanese Defense Ministry said Sunday.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-02-02 · 75% match

Okinawa Islanders face off with Tokyo over bases

NAGO, Japan — Japan’s Okinawa, a chain of tropical islands more than three hours southwest of Tokyo by plane, looks and feels almost like a different country. A growing number of islanders say it should be just that.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-05-20 · 75% match

Japan to add Okinawa to COVID state of emergency

TOKYO -- Japan is considering an expansion of the state of emergency to include Okinawa, as the southern island prefecture sees coronavirus infections surge and medical resources strained.

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