ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--When underwater photographer Kazushige Horiguchi dived in waters off Ishigakijima island, he saw that a "miracle" had occurred. Horiguchi has taken pictures of coral ...

Their findings have been published in the journal Coral Reefs. Four monitoring sites in Shigeo Reef near Motobu Peninsula in ...

NAHA—Waves pounded the rocks and coral off Cape Maeda in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture. Whipped by a typhoon, the sea was white with foam. This was the scene one day in late May at a beach near the ...

Ishigaki Island is located about 400km southwest of Okinawa Prefecture's main island, surrounded by a sea of coral reefs. 50,000 people live on the island. Once, many came to the island in search ...