Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ryukyu Islands are divided into three major island groups: Okinawa Islands, the Miyako Islands, and the Yaeyama Islands.

Located south of Japan, Okinawa is a small island that hides a big secret: longevity. The inhabitants of this archipelago live longer than almost anywhere else in the world, with an impressive number ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s show time. Up heaves the sail, a concertina of heavy canvas pulled taut against the creaking wooden mast. It gulps the breeze that ...

This year’s exercise takes place as Japan faces “the most severe security environment” since the end of World War II, Maj. Gen. Toshikatsu Musha, commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s ...

TOKYO — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern Japanese island 80 ...

For a quarter of a century, Okinawa has stood as a reminder of Japan’s defeat in World War II. Conquered by the U.S. in the last bloody battles of the war, it remained an American-occupied area even ...

Japan plans to deploy missiles on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, near Taiwan, with a reported target of fiscal 2030 (April 2030 to March 2031), often ...

Over 80 years after Soviet forces seized four islands from Japan, former Japanese residents remain unable to return to their hometowns.

The birthplace of karate also holds a deeply rooted connection to spirituality and nature. Here’s how to plan a visit to this stunning island archipelago. The Ryukyu Islands are divided into three ...