The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...

The Japanese Self-Defence Forces last month upgraded its missile defences by setting up the 7th Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment, the first on the main island of the Ryukyu chain. US renames key ...

Tsuchiya via Unsplash Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan ... were found in highly localized regions of the Ryukyu Archipelago, such as a limestone hill or ...

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture. Once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom, this beautiful chain of subtropical islands has its own traditions of dance, crafts, music, and karate. The ancient ...