Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

The Amami rabbit is a relict endemic species — it was more widespread but is now confined to a particular region — ...

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 ...

China test US commitments to Taiwan and other Pacific partners as they conduct joint exercises around the autonomous island.

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 ...

Taipei also views the island chain as part of its territory Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou has weighed in on the debate over the Diaoyu Islands , saying Japanese claims to the disputed ...

Xystodesmus fasciatus, with up to 19 segments, was discovered in a Japanese cedar forest on the Satsuma peninsula and is named for its “vividly banded” body made up of alternating “pale-greyish” and ...