TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China Airlines will launch direct flights between Taiwan and Ishigaki in May, providing a faster link ...

From subtropical islands to chilled-out ski resorts, there are so many places in Japan that don't suffer from the overtourism ...

and the Sakishima Islands (which includes the Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands in the southwest of the Ryukyu Islands, which belong to the Nansei Islands). “Okinawa’s main island feels ...

Coral in the sea off the Yaeyama district, which includes Ishigakijima island, have repeated a cycle of dying and reviving a number of times, according to a report compiled by the Environment ...

A new base of the Ground Self-Defense Force opened in March on Ishigakijima island, the commercial hub of the Yaeyama islands near Taiwan and southwest of the Okinawa mainland. With a population ...

Yonaguni is a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier, approximately 108 kilometres from Taiwan’s east coast. Part of Okinawa Prefecture’s Yaeyama Islands, it has a small population of fewer than ...

Dive sites span the prefecture ranging from the Miyako islands, characterised by caves, and the Yaeyama islands with their manta rays to Yonaguni island, home to hammerhead sharks and mysterious ...

Finding no evidence of prior ownership, the islands were annexed as an administrative sub-division of Yaeyama City, Okinawa Prefecture. This was followed by the granting of permissions to use the ...

From Georgia’s Golden Isles to “the sunset capital of Alabama,” these are the best islands in the South. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of experience editing and writing ...