Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba jetted off to the U.S. Thursday to discuss a changed security and economic landscape ...

China has made no secret of its desire to annex Taiwan which it may do by cutting off supplies and imposing a blockade on the ...

We have the answer for GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan population 316,000...the capital of Okinawa" ...

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

The distribution of plants has been shaped by geological and climatic changes over time through repeated migration, ...

World: China's strategic maneuvers in Okinawa reveal efforts to assert control near Taiwan, challenging the US military's ...

Tensions rise as Beijing stokes Okinawa independence movement with propaganda and diplomatic outreach for potential Taiwan ...

1951 Sep.10 Change of name to the Ryukyu Shimpo upon the San Francisco Peace Treaty ... photos of Chinese fishing boats breaking the territorial limits off the Senkaku islands. 1983 Mar.1 The Shimpo ...

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 ...

Iojima is one of three islands that make up Mishima village, along with Takeshima and Kuroshima, and lies in the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands. All of the municipal boats that ferry people ...

Okinawa Prefecture, previously the independent Ryukyu Kingdom, was annexed by Japan in 1879, and the Diaoyu Islands were not included in that annexation. "Japan calls these islands inherent ...

They’re also host to one of the world’s rarest parasites, the endangered Ryukyu rabbit tick (Haemaphysalis pentalagi). The rabbit tick is unique to the island of Amamioshima, where it coevolved with ...