A Taiwanese clade of Nidirana okinavana has been identified as a new species of music frog and named “Nidirana shyhhuangi,” a ...

Xystodesmus fasciatus, with up to 19 segments, was discovered in a Japanese cedar forest on the Satsuma peninsula and is named for its “vividly banded” body made up of alternating “pale-greyish” and ...

Tsuchiya via Unsplash Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan ... were found in highly localized regions of the Ryukyu Archipelago, such as a limestone hill or ...

Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan ... millipedes were found in highly localized regions of the Ryukyu Archipelago, such as a limestone hill or a small patch ...

Tokyo is planning to deploy long-range missiles in Kyushu to secure the southwestern Ryukyu Islands, which lie close to Taiwan. The aim is to ensure Japan's ability to respond to an emergency ...