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 limestone roof while ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. and Japan have formalized an agreement to protect a World Heritage site on the northern tip of Okinawa where U.S. troops once trained for jungle warfare. The agreement ...

Sefa Utaki is one of the most sacred sites in Okinawa Prefecture’s indigenous religion. But it isn’t grand — at least not in the way you usually expect from religious sites. This integration with ...