The South Pacific is a rich collection of islands and archipelagos with a dizzying array of options for visitors. The easiest ...

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A groundbreaking study reveals the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands, found in Guam’s Ritidian Beach Cave. It ...

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ...

The domesticated rice was transported by the first islanders, who sailed 2,300 kilometres of open ocean from the Philippines ...

The Japanese government plans to begin subsidising long-term evacuation facilities in the Sakishima archipelago, at the ...

The Japanese government is taking uncomfortable steps to prepare its citizens for a possible future war that its military ...

These islands were the first places in Remote Oceania reached by anyone, in this case inhabited for the first time by Malayo-Polynesian-speaking populations from islands in Southeast Asia.

A remote island chain in southern Japan has been rattled by more than 470 earthquakes since Saturday, the national weather ...

As of the morning of June 26, 474 such earthquakes had been observed around the Tokara island chain. Read more at ...

Aranui Cruises slashes 20 per cent off Austral Islands cruises for 2025 and 2026 when booked by 11 August 2025.