Through nuclear genome research, Chinese scientists have recently discovered that people from the Ryukyu Islands have ...

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A study on ancient genomes from east China's Shandong Province has revealed the complex migration and integration patterns of populations in East Asia spanning over 6,000 ...

It didn’t take long before they were reproducing successfully in captivity, and now a third generation of captive-bred Ryukyu rabbit ticks has recently been welcomed into the world. Many people have a ...

China has made no secret of its desire to annex Taiwan which it may do by cutting off supplies and imposing a blockade on the ...

It's said that even the Ryukyu king had to change into women's ... a term used to describe a location where many people live to 100 years of age or beyond. There's even a popular old Japanese ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

A blockade of Taiwan would last many months, if not years, and would likely succeed in crippling the island enough to allow pro-Beijing accommodationist elements to take power.

From prayer rituals at temples in Taipei and Bangkok to incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing, hundreds of ...

By most estimates, the Chinese military drills last December were the largest military exercise the People’s Liberation ... Sea all the way up to Japan’s Ryukyu Islands. Chinese forces ...

Thousands of protesters yesterday took to the streets of Manila, urging the Philippine House of Representatives to impeach ...

and lies in the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands. All of the municipal boats that ferry people to the islands proudly display djembe decorations. A hollowed log, commonly covered with an ...