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

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 ...

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.

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

Experts and scholars attend an academic roundtable discussing "Ryukyu and Okinawa in the Postwar 80 Years" held at the Department of History of Peking University on December 6, 2025. Photo: Xing ...

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

Chinese academics are calling for new emphasis on Ryukyu, linking the ancient kingdom that is now Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa with China's national security. Observers say the push ...

A Japan-based society seeking independence for the Ryukyu Islands claimed recently that Japan regards Ryukyu as its own subject. Ryukyu independence movement [Photo / Global Times] The founder of the ...

Japan is installing missile batteries and radar towers on an island 110 kilometres east of Taiwan, as it nervously watches ...

NAGO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helios Distillery, which manufactures and sells Awamori, which is a distilled liquor of Okinawa in the southernmost of Japan, will hold a launch event for a new product ...

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 ...

Up and down the 160-strong Ryukyu island chain, Japan is quickly putting in place missile batteries, radar towers, ammunition ...