Let’s suppose that one day we all wake up in the same alternate reality – a rather boring one where everything is the same, aside from an island not so far east of Washington. It’s been there the ...
From a cultural perspective, the Ryukyuan people are undoubtedly the indigenous inhabitants. Japanese rule attempts to eradicate their language and culture. Recognizing the Ryukyuan people as the ...
Know some “Okinawan dialect“? Did you hear it on the popular NHK drama “Churasan,” perhaps? Well, actuawlly, what you get to hear on TV or from younger Okinawans is not a dialect of Okinawan at all ...
Advocates are calling for the repatriation of the bones of the royal family from the former Ryukyu Kingdom, now known as Okinawa. A case has been opened against Kyoto University, which is in ...
Japan has reacted sharply, attacking Chinese diplomats for urging Japan to end discrimination against native Ryukyuans. Amid this controversy, we spoke directly with a Ryukyuan to hear how the ...
For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion cuisine is being revived. "You can learn a lot about a person by looking at ...
Ikema Ryuichi stands in the museum his mother built on Yonaguni, a coral-reef-fringed tropical island and south-western outpost of Japan. Large clay vessels, intricate baskets and lavish flower-print ...
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