China's annual moratorium covers waters claimed by several countries with ongoing territorial disputes with the East Asian power.

Alongside these unconventional panoramas are minimalist, close-up studies of pressed plants: tangled nests of vines, overlapping ferns and other specimens collected from the Ryukyu Islands in 1951 ...

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In 1879, Japan annexed the Ryukyu Islands. A few years later, it defeated China militarily, leading to the loss of Taiwan and Korea. For China, it was especially humiliating that Japan — once a ...

Japanese aerial and anti-submarine patrols, missile interception capabilities over Japan and in the Ryukyu Islands, anti-ship missile radar frequencies and jamming counter-measures, and convoy ...

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It’s interesting how particular plants become associated with certain holidays and seasons. For Christmas, there is the poinsettia, and chrysanthemums are the symbol of fall. The Easter lily, of ...

Such hype will neither change history nor alter the fact that China holds indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands, the expert said. AFP reported on Monday that a Google Maps scan ...

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts just opened its first resort in Japan—on Okinawa's Miyako Island—and Travel + Leisure was the first in.

MANILA, Philippines — The western section of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has been properly labeled as “West Philippine Sea” on Google Maps. A quick inspection of Google Maps as of ...

A MASSIVE earthquake has struck the popular holiday destination the Fiji Islands. The 6.5 magnitude quake was recorded at a significant depth of 174 kilometres (108 miles) according to the United ...

The strange monument lies about 82 feet below the sea, off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands. Although it was first discovered in 1986, it’s now getting fresh attention. What’s so special about it? The ...