The 19th century massacre occurred after a boat with 69 Miyakojima officials returning to their island from the Ryukyu kingdom base on the main Okinawa island was blown off course in a storm and ...

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 ...

Prior to that, Okinawa was known as the Kingdom of the Ryukyus, an independent country that paid tribute to both Imperial China and Satsuma, a domain in medieval Japan. Ever since the Japanese ...

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.

According to Oshiro, karate was born during the era of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa. Whereas various theories abound about the actual origin of the martial art, many schools have since been founded.

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 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.

A family sorting through their late father's Massachusetts attic came across artifacts plundered from Japan during WWII. The FBI has returned them.

Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū Karate is one of the major branches of traditional Okinawan karate, tracing its lineage back to the ...

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 ...

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 ...