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 ...
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Desecrated bones, denied rights: Pain of past and present fuels Ryukyu people’s identity awakening
Lying between China's northeastern Taiwan island and Japan's southwestern Kyushu are the Ryukyu Islands, an arc-shaped ...
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 wish to ...
The so-called undetermined status of Ryukyu, also referred to as the "undetermined sovereignty of Ryukyu," means that the sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands remains disputed. The term has both a ...
A new weevil species was discovered in Japan’s pristine subtropical forests on Ishigaki Island and Yanbaru National Park in Okinawa. Renowned for their remarkable biodiversity, the Ryukyu Islands are ...
Shureimon Gate, the first gate to Shuri Castle which is the palace of the former Ryukyu Kingdom Photo: Zhang Changyue/GT ...
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 ...
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