You walk into a local restaurant in Okinawa, and on the menu are its bestsellers: Okinawa soba, a dish that feels ...

The Ryukyu Golden Kings turned up the intensity down the stretch on Sunday to defeat Utsunomiya Brex 87-75 and square the best-of-three B-League basketball finals at one game apiece. Playing in its ...

Guard D.J. Newbill scored 25 points and had six assists to lead Utsunomiya Brex to an 81-68 win over the Ryukyu Golden Kings ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Vandals spray painted graffiti on a mausoleum for Ryukyu Kingdom royalty here, known as “Urasoe Yodore,” officials said. The mausoleum is located in the Urasoe ...

The wide- ranging economic and cultural contacts of the Ryukyu Islands over that period gave rise to a unique culture. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Ce groupe de sites et de ...

Xi referred to the area as Ryukyu, the name of a kingdom that was a Chinese tributary state for more than 500 years until it was annexed by Japan in 1879. The reference set off a flurry of ...

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 ...

“Somayama refers to forests that were established and administered by the Ryukyu Kingdom following a wood shortage caused by the burning of Shuri Castle in 1709, with the intention of creating ...

Japan B.LEAGUE's 4-day event in Manila comes to a close with an exhilarating Finals Game 2 viewing party and a meet and greet ...