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 ...

It was assimilated into Japan in 1879. After World War II ... sites called "sanctuaries", where the founding god of the Ryukyu islands is worshipped. The most eye-opening site is a triangular ...

Through nuclear genome research, Chinese scientists have recently discovered that people from the Ryukyu Islands have ancestral roots in Shandong province. The research team led by Fu Qiaomei from ...

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.

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...

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

The four illustrated works scheduled for release in July will cover Ryukyu dialects spoken on the four islands, along with translations into standard Japanese and English. Explanations of the ...

The Kyodo agency reported, citing sources familiar with Japanese-American relations, that in response to growing tensions around Taiwan, the United States plans to open temporary bases on the Japanese ...

The distribution of plants has been shaped by geological and climatic changes over time through repeated migration, extinction, and adaptation to new environments. The genus Camellia, comprising over ...

Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would ... was then the independent kingdom of Ryukyu in 1879. Chinese state media ...

Kyushu is home to Sakurajima, the most active volcano in Japan Kyushu ... lush tropical islands are dotted about that once were part of their own kingdom of the so-called ‘Ryukyu’s’ not ...