Experimental archaeologists completed a 45-hour canoe trip from Taiwan to Japan using only Paleolithic equipment.

In a new study, researchers reenacted how people in Taiwan might have reached the Ryukyu Islands tens of thousands of years ...

Researchers have explored how early modern humans migrated by sea from Taiwan to southern Japan approximately 30,000 years ...

For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion cuisine is being revived.

Hajichi, hand-poked markings worn by women, are part of traditional culture in the Ryukyu island chain of Japan that had all but disappeared. Now a tattoo artist is reviving the body art.

From the tropical breezes of their native island to the brights lights of New York City, two sisters will hit the stage at Carnegie Hall in June to showcase the “Ryukyu Buyou” Okinawan dance.

As a part of the Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, Taketomi Island or Taketomijima is an effort to preserve Ryukyu culture. Visitors to the island will see the characteristic red-tiled roofs which ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

The wide-ranging economic and cultural contacts of the Ryukyu Islands over that period gave rise to a unique culture. Criterion (ii): For several centuries the Ryukyu islands served as a centre of ...

Laid-back culture. As part of the laid-back Ryukyu culture, named after the independent kingdom that existed before it became part of Japan, Miyakojima's food, culture and architecture feels ...

Long before Okinawa and the surrounding islands were colonized by Japan in the 19th century, the Ryukyu Kingdom was an independent state that forged relationships with China, Taiwan and Japan, and had ...