The subtropical island of Okinawa Prefecture has an environment, climate and culture very different to mainland Japan. An independent kingdom and trading hub until the 17th century, the influence ...

Okinawa Main Island lies 1500km southwest of Tokyo ... You can often find him in his kayak weaving amongst the mangroves near the mouth of the Gesashi River. "This is a unique environment where ...

ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--When underwater photographer Kazushige Horiguchi dived in waters off Ishigakijima island, he saw that a "miracle" had occurred. Horiguchi has taken pictures of coral ...

Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would play a ...

Central and Okinawa prefectural government officials participated in the exercise, which involved evacuating residents of the Sakishima islands located southwest of the main Okinawa island and ...

This 250-kilometer-wide passage separates Okinawa’s main island from ... In addition to its proximity to Taiwan, the strait is near the Senkaku Islands (referred to as the Diaoyu Islands by ...