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

A shiny new hotel is a good a reason as any to book a plane ticket. And in 2025, there are many new properties popping up ...

China has made no secret of its desire to annex Taiwan which it may do by cutting off supplies and imposing a blockade on the ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

Okinawa Prefecture, previously the independent Ryukyu Kingdom, was annexed by Japan in 1879, and the Diaoyu Islands were not included in that annexation. "Japan calls these islands inherent ...

A blockade of Taiwan would last many months, if not years, and would likely succeed in crippling the island enough to allow pro-Beijing accommodationist elements to take power.

A blockade of Taiwan could last many months, if not years, and would likely succeed in crippling the island enough to allow pro-Beijing accommodationist elements to take power. At an undisclosed ...

At one time, San Diego was known as the “tuna capitol of the world,” with two of the nation’s largest canneries right here ...

Iojima is one of three islands that make up Mishima village, along with Takeshima and Kuroshima, and lies in the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands. All of the municipal boats that ferry people ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead, they are ...

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A study on ancient genomes from east China's Shandong Province has revealed the complex migration and integration patterns of populations in East Asia spanning over 6,000 ...