When speaking about rice wines, one usually thinks of sake, either warmed up or drunk cold to pair with some sushi or some izakaya fare. A drink brewed from polished rice, water, yeast, and koji mould, it is one of Japan’s largest alcohol exports. However, there is another rice wine that not only has centuries … Read more
We begin our two-day trip at the airport in Naha, the rather worn-looking capital city. Tomari Iyumachi, on Naha’s harbourfront, is a small wholesale seafood market stocked with everything from tuna eyeballs to horse sashimi as well as local delicacies. Photo: Fiona Ching After figuring out how to change the navigation system on our rented … Read more
Tokyo — Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa that were only recently made public. In one case, an Air Force member is accused in March of assaulting a teenage girl in December, while the … Read more
The world’s healthiest place is in a region of Asia that has some of the globe’s longest living people. According to the expat experts at William Russell, Okinawa in Japan has the world’s best diet. A spokesperson said: “The Okinawan diet has numerous health benefits. So much so that Japan has the lowest obesity rates … Read more
Tokyo claims the Diaoyus belong to the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, which includes the area once known as Ryukyu. However, Beijing has long disputed the notion that the Diaoyus were part of the Ryukyu kingdom. Okinawa or Ryukyu? The prefecture on the front line of China-Japan ties Liu Chengyong, director of the China National Archives … Read more
