Leaning back on a resort poolside lounge chair, I heard the rustling sound of swaying sugarcane in the wind: “sasaq, sasaq.” The horizon beyond the ivory sandbar shimmered like glass. The silence was ...

A power outage hit almost every area of Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 25, affecting around 25,500 households, hospitals, schools and government services. Electricity was restored at ...

IBM believes in the power of technology and innovation to drive climate solutions, especially for the communities and organizations most impacted by climate change and environmental challenges. At the ...

Scenic view of Rosewood Miyakojima in Okinawa, Japan. After a decade of repeat visits to Japan, I‘ve never lost the sense of awe sparked by Tokyo’s network of sky-scraping buildings and Kyoto’s ...

MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that echoes today. Descendants of the two ethnic ...

Amid rising hopes for economic growth, Japan's tourism boom has exposed the need for regional authorities to develop infrastructure and help secure the manpower needed to deal with the influx of ...

The Rosewood Miyakojima will open on March 1 on Miyako Island, and the resort has begun taking reservations. It will be the Rosewood brand's first hotel in Japan. Nestled in sugarcane fields in the ...

virtual power plant '' in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture. The company plans to deploy virtual power plants throughout Okinawa Prefecture in 2024. A virtual power plant (VPP) is a system that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At Rosewood Hotels & Resorts' first property in Japan, on Miyako island in Okinawa prefecture, there are 55 oceanside villas with ...