Japan is quickly transforming its southernmost Ryukyu islands into a heavily fortified defense zone, sparking concern and ...

Japan and Germany are strengthening their militaries as they seek to increase defense readiness amid tensions with larger ...

The Ryukyu Islands are divided into three major island groups: Okinawa Islands, the Miyako Islands, and the Yaeyama Islands. Photograph by Ippei Naoi, Getty Images As the legend goes, Japan’s Ryukyu ...

As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of ...

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese scholar has called on the international community to reexamine the status of the Ryukyu Islands, warning against a revival of Japanese militarism.

Japan's recent deployment of missiles on Yonaguni, an island only 110km (70 miles) away from Taiwan, comes amid rising ...

Last week, Tokyo’s top defense official toured Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) and Coast Guard facilities across the ...

The Japanese defense ministry claimed on Sunday that China's Liaoning aircraft carrier formation headed northeast after ...

Mageshima is located in the narrow Osumi Strait, one of the few waterways used by the Chinese navy to gain access to the ...

BEIJING: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted south-east of Ryukyu Islands, Japan at 2240 GMT on Friday (Nov 28), ...

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 wish to ...

As the legend goes, Japan’s Ryukyu Islands were created by the goddess Amamikyo, who is believed to have descended from the heavens and into the sea, just off the southern coast of what is now known ...