Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism, but younger generations also worry about ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Vandals spray painted graffiti on a mausoleum for Ryukyu Kingdom royalty here, known as “Urasoe Yodore,” officials said. The mausoleum is located in the Urasoe ...

ended rule of the independent Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879) and made it into the prefecture of Okinawa. But there are few surviving slice-of-life photos like these from the time. The woman walking ...

We have our own kingdom.” Chibi refers to the Ryukyu ... we’re not any other country,” he declared. “We are Ryukyu.” The post In Okinawa, an independence movement finds an unlikely ...

NAHA -- Two posthumous painted portraits of rulers of the Ryukyu Kingdom -- now Japan's Okinawa Prefecture -- have been returned after being discovered in the United States, the Okinawa ...

A Ryūkyū man dressed in a traditional bashōfu (芭蕉布 / banana plant cloth) kimono lies on the beach looking out to the sea. As he lies there, we witness the passage of time on the islands.

It was a center of politics, foreign affairs and culture at the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Shuri Castle was built about 500 years ago, when Okinawa was known as the independent Ryukyu Kingdom.

Okinawa is historically richer than its sun-kissed demeanour initially suggests. From the 15th to 19th Centuries, this southernmost prefecture of Japan formed most of the Ryukyu Kingdom ...

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft takes off from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2023. Photo: AP Beijing is also allegedly funding separatists in the region, ...

along with the ruins of other castles of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa. Okinawa's biggest industry is tourism, with people pouring in from Japan and overseas. Nearly 3 million people visited Shuri ...

Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture. Once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom, this beautiful chain of subtropical islands has its own traditions of dance, crafts, music, and karate. The ancient ...