ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--When underwater photographer ... but had never seen the coral reef stretching so far. “I could feel the vitality of the coral,” said Horiguchi, 34, who dived ...

Waves crash and swirl around the reef, while rip currents pull ... away by rip currents and drowned,” he said. Okinawa’s tourism and wild ocean are ingredients for trouble.

NAKIJIN, Okinawa -- More than 200 impressive red columns at a public hall here have been letting the soothing ocean breezes blow through for almost half a century. The Nakijinson Central Public ...