Okinawa Prefecture, home of the Ryukyu Kingdom that was incorporated ... speech have been a mainstay of Okinawa and the nearby Amami islands in Kagoshima Prefecture since olden times.

Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 after years of struggle. He then spent highly productive years there painting ...

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 ...

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The general in charge of the Marine Corps’ Indo-Pacific field command recently visited Ishigaki island ...

Want to hire a car for almost a month? Often, car rental companies in Amami Islands avoid costly admin in between pick-ups by hiring out cars for longer periods. So see if monthly car hire is cheaper ...

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 ...

This edition includes the following songs: a song by a Geisha; a song from the Bon Festival sung by a man from Sado Island off of Niigata; a Dodoitsu sung by Geisha; a comic song accompanied by comic ...

"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 ...

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