TYPHOON LINGLING is forecast to smash into the Ryukyu Islands with powerful winds and heavy rainfall. Here’s Typhoon Lingling’s latest path and map updates.

TYPHOON LINGLING is tracking through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and is continuing to strengthen before passing close to the Philippines and on to hit South Korea and the Ryukyu Islands. Here ...

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

Japan’s defense minister confirmed plans this week to deploy several hundred Self-Defense Force personnel and missiles to another of its southwestern islands to deter and defend against 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 ...

Below the waves off the coast of Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, a series of curious pyramid-like formations have captivated divers and geologists since the site’s discovery in 1987.

Dugongs likely inhabit broad areas around Ryukyu Islands By RINTARO SAKURAI/ Staff Writer May 10, 2024 at 07:00 JST ...

The 138 buoys all drifted past Taiwan or Luzon between 1989 and 2017. Kaifu and his colleagues found that only four buoys travelled to within 20 kilometres of any of the Ryukyu islands.