The Dark Truth of Japan's Paradise Island | Trouble in Paradise

Okinawa is known to many as a postcard perfect paradise. In 2019, before the pandemic stopped travel, the island welcomed 10 million tourists. But despite mass tourism, Okinawa is also the poorest prefecture in Japan. VICE World News host Hanako Montgomery travels to Okinawa to find out why. About...

21 min - Travel & Places - VICE

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