Researchers from Incorporated Foundation Okinawa Prefecture Environment Science ... Island in the Philippines that migrated to the Ryukyu Islands on the back of the Kuroshio current, the ...

In fact, Okinawa has only seen snow twice as far ... you'll find six sites called "sanctuaries", where the founding god of the Ryukyu islands is worshipped. The most eye-opening site is a ...

Mawar, formerly a typhoon but now packing winds of up to 108 kilometers (66 miles) per hour, was around Miyako, one of Okinawa’s remote islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The storm ...

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.

Although the islands were returned to Japan in 1972 ... we’re not any other country,” he declared. “We are Ryukyu.” The post In Okinawa, an independence movement finds an unlikely ally ...

The Ryukyu island chain stretches between Japan's four main home islands and Taiwan. The United States has a heavy military presence on Okinawa as part of its alliance with Japan. The waters near ...

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture. Once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom, this beautiful chain of subtropical islands has its own traditions of dance, crafts, music, and karate. The ancient ...