The post referred to the region now called Okinawa -- the centre of the Ryukyuan kingdom that paid tribute to Chinese emperors until it was absorbed by Japan in 1879. Some Chinese see historical ...

an era when samurai such as Kusunoki Masashige were constructing mountaintop forts for battles across Japan. Visitors will be amazed by the sophistication and strength of Ryukyuan engineering and ...

JOMON (10,000 - 300 B.C.) Prehistoric period of tribal/clan organization. Stone Age hunters and gatherers who make jomon (rope-patterned) pottery inhabit Japan. 660 B.C. Mythological Jimmu ("Divine ...

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The Ryukyu Islands do not belong to Japan, they are Chinese territory!" Okinawa was once the centre of the Ryukyuan kingdom, which paid tribute to Chinese emperors until it was absorbed by Japan ...

By Li Yuan A Japanese boy was stabbed on his way to school in China on Sept. 18. That’s the date when, nearly a century earlier in 1931, Japan invaded China. The child, who was 10 years old ...

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By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo The steady course of the Japanese economy and business environment that has helped attract a torrent of investment in the past two years could be undercut ...

Japan Airlines is giving free domestic flights to international tourists, making travel to smaller cities and hidden gems far easier. But travel experts say the initiative is likely to backfire ...

The post referred to the region now called Okinawa -- the centre of the Ryukyuan kingdom that paid tribute to Chinese emperors until it was absorbed by Japan in 1879. Some Chinese see historical ties ...