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What do Okinawans eat to increase longevity?

Okinawa is home to some of the longest and healthiest people in the world. The incredible longevity of Okinawans has prompted researchers to search for the cause.

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More than half of Japan's Self-Defense Forces will conduct exercises to prepare for defending Senkaku and Okinawa.

The Japan Self-Defense Forces will hold large-scale exercises from September to November 2021 related to protecting the Senkaku Islands from potential Chinese invasion.
American soldier collapsed dead in bed with Japanese woman

An American sailor stationed on Okinawa island used a knife to kill his Japanese girlfriend and then committed suicide.

South Korea test-launches homemade three-stage rocket

This test launch of the rocket aims to preliminarily test and determine the performance of the 75-ton engine developed by Korea through actual flight.
Japan builds military base in East China Sea to deter China

Tokyo plans to station troops on a remote island in the south of the country to counter threats from Beijing.
US F-15 antenna falls in Japanese sky

An antenna weighing more than a kilogram fell from an F-15 fighter jet while it was flying in Japan, but the US only reported it a week later.
Helicopter window falls on school

The window of a US helicopter just fell on a school in Okinawa, Japan, slightly injuring a student, according to Kyodo news agency on December 13.

US plane carrying 11 people crashes en route to aircraft carrier near Japan
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A US Navy plane carrying 11 people crashed in the sea northeast of Japan's Okinawa Islands this afternoon, November 22, a statement from the US Navy's 7th Fleet said.
Japan: Thousands protest US military presence in Okinawa
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(Baonghean.vn) - Thousands of people on Okinawa Island, Japan, on June 19 protested on the largest scale in 20 years against the US military base since the arrest of an American soldier accused of murdering a local woman.
Japan establishes special anti-violence police in Okinawa
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(Baonghean.vn) - NHK reported that Okinawa's special police unit has begun patrolling the southeastern part of the island to prevent possible incidents involving the US military.
US military in Okinawa tightens martial law
DNUM_CHZAFZCABG 12:35

(Baonghean.vn) - The US military in Okinawa, Japan on May 27 decided to impose a curfew and other restrictions on all members working there after Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a former US Marine, was arrested by Japan last week on charges related to the murder of a 20-year-old Japanese tourist - Rina Shimabukuro.
President Obama apologizes for Okinawa incident
DNUM_CGZAFZCABG 08:21

(Baonghean.vn) - After Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strong reaction, US President Barack Obama on May 25 sent his "sincere condolences and deepest regret" over the death of a Japanese woman allegedly murdered by a former US marine.
Japan arrests US military base employee in Okinawa
DNUM_CBZAFZCABG 10:40

Police in Japan's Okinawa prefecture have arrested a male civilian employee working for the US military there. The...
Japan is in turmoil again over US military base
DNUM_AFZBBZCABF 11:08

(Baonghean) - The Okinawa Prefecture government of Japan has just filed a lawsuit with the Central and Local Government Dispute Resolution Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Japan to sue the government for revoking the permit to build a US military base in the Henoko coastal area of Okinawa. These developments once again put Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a "difficult position" when he has to balance between the Okinawa government and people on one side, and the US on the other.

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