Through nuclear genome research, Chinese scientists have recently discovered that people from the Ryukyu Islands have ...

However, there is an outside chance the dugongs are inhabitants of waters off northern Luzon Island in the Philippines that migrated to the Ryukyu Islands on the back of the Kuroshio current ...

September 2, 1945: Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands, as part of Ryukyu Islands, come under the US goverment's control after the surrender of Japan at the end of the second world war.

Here, you'll find six sites called "sanctuaries", where the founding god of the Ryukyu islands is worshipped. The most eye-opening site is a triangular opening formed by two towering rocks.