A Chinese-led genetic study has offered a new piece to the ancestral puzzle of where modern East Asians came from, but it has ...

Escape the winter blues and rediscover romance at HOSHINOYA Taketomi Island, a secluded haven nestled among the pristine ...

Kariyushi means “auspicious” in the Okinawan language. The designs of the shirts vary from traditional patterns, such as “ryukyu kasuri” (patterns based on diagrams from the Ryukyu Kingdom ...

Listening to Okinawan music played by Okinawan musical instrument Sanshin in Perth was the start. Ms Hawkins started performing traditional Ryukyu dance solo and founded a dance group named TIDA ...

It also has a deep meaning. However, UNESCO, a U.N. specialized agency, warned in 2009 that the traditional Okinawan language was in danger of disappearing. Hidenobu Nakayama, 76, who worked for a ...