Hey Dada,” my six-year-old says. “When did Japan start believing in Pokemon?” It’s day three of our journey through the land of the rising sun and we’re getting to the big questions.

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Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon.

A poignant example occurred last year at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan, where a great white shark perished after a mere three days in captivity. A great white shark scoping its surroundings.

TOKYO -- A jungle theme park will open in Okinawa in July, a grand bid to attract Asian visitors to Japan's southernmost prefecture amid a heated tourist boom. Junglia Okinawa opens July 25 ...

Junglia Okinawa, a new theme park in northern Okinawa ... known as the mastermind behind the turnaround of the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka Prefecture. According to estimates ...

A Louisiana aquarium has a new star — and a mystery — on its hands after a baby shark was born in a habitat without any males. The Shreveport Aquarium announced last week that Yoko the swell ...

Walking through the glass tunnels feels like stepping into the ocean itself. Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Japan Osaka Aquarium in Japan is a captivating aquarium designed around the Pacific Rim’s ...

I set out on a 3 ½-week trip to Japan. The timing worked out — the ... the Osaka Museum of Housing and Living and the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, which travelers I met along the way raved about.

Beijing is believed to be sowing divisions in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture to better facilitate an invasion of Taiwan, British newspaper the Telegraph reported on Saturday. Less than 750km from Taiwan, ...

Iron Fist is scheduled Feb. 19 through March 7 at several locations, including the Marines’ Camp Hansen and Kin Blue Beach Training Area on Okinawa, according to a Japan Ground Self-Defense ...