Five paddlers journeyed from Taiwan to Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island in 45 hours. Their efforts provide new insights into ...

Experimental archaeologists completed a 45-hour canoe trip from Taiwan to Japan using only Paleolithic equipment.

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While the distance of 140 miles isn’t mighty when compared to some of the voyages the Polynesians are known to have made, it ...

Our species arose in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago and later trekked worldwide, eventually reaching some of Earth's most ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

The successfully re-enacted voyage suggests that early modern humans likely had a high level of strategic seafaring knowledge. (You can watch a 90-minute documentary about the voyage here .) This ...

If verified, the Yonaguni Monument’s age of over 10,000 years would place it millennia before Egypt’s pyramids. sculpies – stock.adobe.com ...

In the waters surrounding Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island, an enigmatic structure rests beneath the waves. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, it has puzzled researchers since its discovery in 1986.

Yonaguni fisherfolk, who closely monitor foreign vessels, have been among the first to see the growing Chinese military activity. In 2022, several ballistic missiles China fired as part of an ...

A file photo shows the Type 03 Ch-SAM missile system, which Japan plans to deploy on Yonaguni, an outlying island near Taiwan. Wikipedia. Nakatani also discussed the plan with Yonaguni mayor ...

YONAGUNI, Japan (AP) — This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill.