The Kyodo agency reported, citing sources familiar with Japanese-American relations, that in response to increasing tensions ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Vandals spray painted graffiti on a mausoleum for Ryukyu Kingdom royalty here, known as “Urasoe Yodore,” officials said. The mausoleum is located in the Urasoe ...

For a small but vocal group of mostly older activists, reclaiming Okinawa's history as the Ryukyu Kingdom and pushing for ...

The Kyodo agency reported, citing sources familiar with Japanese-American relations, that in response to the growing tensions ...

MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that echoes today. Descendants of the two ethnic ...

The main buildings of the castle were completely destroyed Shuri Castle, which was was once the seat of the Ryukyu dynasty, sits on top of a hill overlooking the city of Naha - Okinawa's capital ...

It was a center of politics, foreign affairs and culture at the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Shuri Castle was built about 500 years ago, when Okinawa was known as the independent Ryukyu Kingdom.

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture. Once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom, this beautiful chain of subtropical islands has its own traditions of dance, crafts, music, and karate. The ancient ...

Withdraw US troops from the Ryukyu Islands! The Ryukyu Islands do not belong to Japan, they are Chinese territory!" Okinawa was once the centre of the Ryukyuan kingdom, which paid tribute to ...

A Ryūkyū man dressed in a traditional bashōfu (芭蕉布 / banana plant cloth) kimono lies on the beach looking out to the sea. As he lies there, we witness the passage of time on the islands.

THE MERALCO BOLTS fell short in their late fight-back against the Ryukyu Golden Kings and absorbed a 74-77 loss ... The result that was witnessed by a record crowd of 7,347 at the Okinawa Arena lifted ...