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Trouble in Paradise / web

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The Dark Side of Japan's Paradise Island | Trouble in Paradise
Okinawa is known to many as a postcard perfect paradise. 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.
Beerland / Clip

3:16
Beer Fitness: The New Workout Plan
Meg meets with homebrewers Joe and Pono for some beer aerobics in Hawaii.
SUB.Culture / Clip

10:03
The DJ's Who Turned Cuba's Economic Turmoil Into a Movement
In the economically devastated early 90s, DJs like D'Joy de Cuba, Wichy de Vedado, and DJ Jigüe, found catharsis in a new community of parties, clubs, and sounds.
SUB.Culture / Clip

1:40
SUB.Culture: Cuba
We delve into how a group of pioneering musicians in the early 1960s created an electroacoustic movement that coupled modern equipment with more traditional Cuban styles.
Motherboard / Clip

1:59
Surrounded: Island of the Sharks (Trailer)
Motherboard goes to Reunion Island to investigate why this once an idyllic surfers paradise has experienced an increase in shark attacks in recent years.
Toxic

1:06:13
Garbage Island
Come aboard as the VICE crew takes a cruise to the Northern Gyre in the Pacific Ocean, a spot where currents spin and cycle, churning up tons of plastic into a giant pool of chemical soup, flecked with bits and whole chunks of refuse that cannot biodegrad
Fringes

20:38
Giants of Iceland
VICE went to Iceland to investigate what it is about this tiny island that produces such strong people.