AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--With a new ... The panels show how the island had been ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom (present-day Okinawa Prefecture), Satsuma Domain (Kagoshima Prefecture) and the ...

The Amami Islands (奄美群島, Amami-guntō) is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively ...

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A UNESCO advisory body called the International Union for Conservation of Nature recommended adding the islands of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, the northern part of ...

"Ryukyu Islands residents took to the streets to protest, demanding their return to China. Ryukyu Islands do not belong to Japan," read part of the simplified Chinese caption to a video posted on ...

Social media users have shared a video with a false claim it shows residents of Japan's Okinawa region "demanding the Ryukyu Islands' return to China", but it in fact shows anti-war protests held in ...

The life of painter Tanaka Isson (1908-1977), best known for expressing the natural beauty of the Unesco World Heritage-designated island Amami Oshima, took a truly dramatic arc. While still a ...

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And that can be proven by the excitement fans have shown for the 30th anniversary of the children’s TV series “Gullah Gullah Island.” Gullah Gullah Island premiered in 1994 starring the ...

Staggering 3.5 mn voters skipped Sept. poll Commissioner General of ElectionS Saman Sri Rathnayake yesterday (13) said that the general... Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake ...

From there, it will turn northwestward to north northwestward then possibly make landfall over Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa, Japan on Friday early morning. "However, the track forecast may still shift ...