The National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty features exhibits on the Northern Territories -- Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido known in Russia as the Southern Kurils -- as well ...

It is one of the more remarkable facts of Taiwan history that it was never occupied or claimed by any of the numerous ...

Maybe because it was a Sunday when we docked in Okinawa or perhaps that’s just how laidback the island is, but you won’t ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

Miyakojima is part of the Ryukyu Islands, known as one of the world's famed Blue Zones, a region where people famously live longer than average. At Maas, one of four restaurants and bars at Rosewood ...

Sitting 25 metres below sea level near the Ryukyu Islands, the Yonaguni Monument has baffled scientists and divers since it was first discovered in 1986. This massive stone formation, featuring ...

A military analyst said the exercises also carried a strategic message of deterrence for American and Japanese forces stationed in the Ryukyu Islands. The precision-strike exercise “achieved its ...