Even within the differing islands, unique species can be found. Sitting 300 kilometers to the southwest of Okinawa, the Miyako Islands are home to the Miyako keelback snake (Hebius concelarus ...

Luring visitors with golden beaches and picturesque palm trees, Okinawa is a wandering knight, never failing to surprise travellers with a backstory that's even more enticing. What awaits is, quite ...

Japan saw scrambles by the Japan Air Self Defense Force decrease for the first three quarters of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 ...

The joint operation between the navy and armed coastguard vessels was the first in the 250km strait that separates Okinawa island and Miyako and an archipelago of smaller islands that ends with ...

also confirmed the presence of dugongs in the Miyako Islands for the first time in about half a century. However, the team members stressed that the population of dugongs in the region is ...

The utility set up an accident recovery task force and is inspecting a power plant, transmission lines and other related facilities on the island. Okinawa Prefectural Miyako Hospital and ...

The People's Liberation Army increasingly operates in contested areas like the Miyako Strait, including deploying its nuclear-capable bombers. The first island chain is a series of islands ...