Award-winning food journalist La Carmina on her favorite Okinawan cuisine, from Ryukyu court cooking to shikuwasa citrus.

Japan's long chain of islands supports a surprisingly rich variety of wildlife, created by isolation, mountains, forests, and ...

In November 2025, Japan's government-operated National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty displayed three historical records ...

As with Taiwan, it treats any other sovereignty as non-existent. Many of the islands around Okinawa were independent kingdoms ...

And it’s truly black.” A hidden artery running through East Asia, the Kuro­shio has shaped life along its path for millennia.

As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines. Sitting just 110 kilometers ...

This deployment is much bigger than usual. At its height, more than 100 ships were out at once. By December 4, over 90 were ...

A Chinese scholar has called on the international community to reexamine the status of the Ryukyu Islands, warning against a revival of Japanese militarism.

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 is racing to fortify some of its most vulnerable territory, but that is raising the stakes of the current spat between ...

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