The researchers looked at how connected the mangrove forests are across four of the Ryukyu Islands—the Okinawa main island, Miyako, Ishigaki, and Iriomote.

The Ryukyu Islands, located in the East China Sea, flourished for some 450-years as the semi-independent Ryukyu Kingdom.

This sun-soaked archipelago offers centuries of culture and off-the-beaten path adventures—plus some of the world's best beaches—for travelers seeking a Japan beyond the Tokyo-Kyoto tourist axis.

Yousuke Kaifu, Tien-Hsia Kuo, Yoshimi Kubota, Sen Jan. Palaeolithic voyage for invisible islands beyond the horizon. Scientific Reports, 2020; 10 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76831-7 ...

Typhoon Soulik is a strong and rather unusual storm as it nears landfall on Japan’s Ryukyu Islands. A typhoon approaching Japan in the latter half of August isn’t unusual on its own, but the ...

Archaeologists estimate that humans first arrived on the Ryukyu Islands off the southwestern coast of Japan sometime between 35,000 and 27,500 years ago. How they did so, however, remains a ...

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 ...

China doesn't dispute Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa and other islands in the Ryukyu chain, a senior Chinese military official said, dismissing recent commentary on the matter by state-backed ...