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 ...
Tropical Depression Huaning gathered speed as it moved toward Japan's Ryukyu Islands, state weather bureau PAGASA said in its cyclone bulletin Tuesday morning. Huaning is not seen to directly affect ...
More than 30,000 years ago, seafaring humans made a momentous trek from present-day Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands of southwestern Japan—a journey of some 140 miles without any of the advanced ...