Reaching the 5th dan rank when she was 45, Oshiro became the first woman to open her own dojo on Okinawa. The female karate master has witnessed the gradual changes the traditional martial art ...

She was 27 years old at the time. Today, at 77, Oshiro is the highest-ranked woman practicing karate in Okinawa. She’s also ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — In this week's "Around Town" spotlight, Roxanne Strouk visits Okinawan Karate to learn valuable self-defense skills designed for women. Located in Alexandria ...

The woman walking ahead in the photo carries ... a traditional style of Okinawan karate, and Kaei Akamine (1908-1977), a businessman who chaired the Okinawan sumo association.

Bae Ponggi, a Korean woman who became a comfort woman for the former Japanese military in 1944, testifies for the first time in Okinawa in 1975, after Okinawa was returned to the mainland.

Its popularity has surged following the inclusion, and an increasing number of karate fans all over the world are visiting Okinawa to learn the martial art in its birth place. There are said to be ...