Areas in Sardinia, Okinawa and Greece are supposedly home to unusual numbers of centenarians. Scientists are studying them to ...

Let us start with Okinawa, Japan’s poorest region, purportedly home to legions of centenarians living on seaweed and the purple sweet potato, a superfood rich in anthocyanins and phenols that came ...

The Okinawa Centenarian Study, which followed residents of the Japanese village that boasts one of the world's highest ...

People living in Okinawa, Japan, are known for their longevity, and diet expert Dan Buettner believes there is one food that ...

The secret to turning 100 years old could be nestled in the diet of a small Japanese island's centenarians, as longevity ...

The warm, tropical islands of Okinawa, Japan, are home to a stunning number of healthy, happy, and spry centenarians who are living past the age of 100. The author Dan Buettner has spent more than ...

Roughly 400-miles off the coast of Japan’s southernmost region of Kyushu, Okinawa has long been credited with having one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world.

Highlighting the health benefits of this vibrant tuber in his Netflix series, "Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones," Dan ...

People living on a small island off Japan have seen a huge number of residents living past 100 and there's one food they eat ...

Miyagi and members of a citizens’ group in Naha are working on an update to the booklet, titled “Postwar U.S. Military Crimes Against Women in Okinawa.” It is a task they hope they do not ...

The invasion of Japan loomed. The Japanese military stationed about 100,000 troops on Okinawa, with the aim of preventing the invasion of the mainland. Narration Imperial Headquarters of the ...

In the decades since, four more areas have been identified around the globe where locals apparently have an increased chance of becoming a centenarian: Okinawa in Japan; Nicoya in Costa Rica ...