The incumbent mayor of Ishigaki has won re-election, the latest in a string of blows dealt to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki’s ...

Part of Okinawa’s Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki is a sleepy tropical escape beloved by Japanese travelers and nearby Taiwanese visitors, like Japan’s Hawaii, but it remains under the radar for most ...

Residents’ fears are growing on Ishigakijima island in southwestern Japan that the government’s widening defense plan to protect the nation will put them in the line of fire.

Manta rays, sea caverns, and some of the sweetest pineapples on the planet await. Hike to the top of Mount Omoto to summit the highest peak in Okinawa Prefecture. Enjoy all-inclusive pampering at Club ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A U.S. military C-20G Gulfstream, reportedly set to carry the U.S. ambassador to Japan, is cleared to land on the islands of Ishigaki and Yonaguni this week, despite objections ...

Okinawa's Naha serves as port for international cruise ships like Spectrum Of The Seas. — Photos: FLOREY D. MIKIL/The Star Okinawa Prefecture’s Naha and Ishigaki are among the top ports of call in ...

In the humid, coastal forests of Japan’s Ishigaki Island, near Okinawa, a parasitic plant relies on some unusual allies to ...

There are a million ways to enjoy Ishigaki island, one of the many beautiful and interesting islands in Japan’s Ryukyu chain that stretches from Kyushu almost to Taiwan. Unlike most of the 55 islands ...

"The deigo has blossomed and has called for the wind, and the storm has arrived..." "Shima uta," the moving "island song" by the band The Boom, echoed through the sun-drenched, gray concrete-lined ...

New Ishigaki Airport is seen in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, in this March 10, 2022, file photo taken from the Mainichi Shimbun aircraft "Kibo." (Mainichi) FUKUOKA -- The chief of the aviation ...