The Senkaku Islands are located 186 kilometers from Keelung and 170 from Japan’s Ishigaki, potentially making them useful for increasing pressure on both Taiwan and the southern end of the Ryukyu ...

Joining the list of pros is the mesmerizing scenery passengers can admire from train windows, especially in winter. Some routes are so popular they are considered attractions in their own right ...

The 168-mile Stockholm Archipelago Trail is renowned as one of the world's first footpaths to connect the islands, and it only opened in October 2024. The route takes visitors all the way from the ...

The subtropical island of Okinawa Prefecture has an environment, climate and culture very different to mainland Japan. An ...

Remote work is one thing, but why not just quit that day job and move to an island that’s so cheap you don’t have to work and can spend your life on permanent vacation? A new report from ...

The ancestors of Japanese who settled in the Ryukyu Islands about 30,000 years ago were likely “explorers” from Taiwan who had a clear destination in mind, a group of researchers said.