However, there is an outside chance the dugongs are inhabitants of waters off northern Luzon Island in the Philippines that migrated to the Ryukyu Islands on the back of the Kuroshio current ...

A blockade of Taiwan would last many months, if not years, and would likely succeed in crippling the island enough to allow ...

Luring visitors with golden beaches and picturesque palm trees, Okinawa is a wandering knight, never failing to surprise travellers with a backstory that's even more enticing. What awaits is, quite ...

The U.S. Marine Corps continues to focus on fast, lethal, and targeted expeditionary warfare with an eye toward islands in the Pacific. Small, mobile units of Marines recently flew on ...

September 2, 1945: Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands, as part of Ryukyu Islands, come under the US goverment's control after the surrender of Japan at the end of the second world war.

Dozens of U.S. and Japanese military aircraft held training around Okinawa Island in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would play a ...

The 98-year-old wood came from “quercus miyagii,” a species of oak native to the Ryukyu Islands. It was logged in Kunigami village in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island, around 80 ...

The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically.

Until 1879, the subtropical Ryukyu Islands that constitute Japan's southernmost prefecture were a separate (though vassal) kingdom, and the culture shows close affinities with China and Southeast ...

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces will soon be flying some of the most modern early warning radar aircraft. Washington is quiet on the possible visit, and could potentially benefit from the talks.