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University revokes action to expel 6 students over anti-U.S. rally

NAHA, Japan - Isamu Kogachi, 75, smiles during a press conference on Aug. 17 after the University of the Ryukyus revoked -- after 51 years -- its action to expel him and five other students for engaging in an anti-U.S. rally in Okinawa when it was under U.S. control. The university said in rescinding its decision, ''It was an action taken after an adamant request by the U.S. Civil Administration,'' which was ruling the islands collectively known as the Ryukyus.

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1950 Chinese diplomatic draft sees Senkakus as part of Ryukyus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim. A Chinese diplomatic draft in 1950 on a peace treaty with Japan indicated Chinese recognition of the Senkaku Islands as part of the Ryukyu Islands, sources familiar with the document said Dec. 28, 2012.

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Sunken Mongol Empire ship found off Nagasaki Pref.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yoshifumi Ikeda (R), a professor at the University of the Ryukyus, speaks at a press conference in Nagasaki on Oct. 24, 2011. Ikeda announced a recent discovery of the hull of a ship off the island of Takashima in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, which is believed to be part of a Mongol Empire ship that apparently sank during an invasion attempt against Japan. In the second attack by the Yuan Dynasty in 1281, a large number of vessels are believed to have sunk off the island due to a storm.

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Russia hands drifted Japanese student over to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - Photo shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 25, 2011, which brought back drifted Japanese national Keisuke Kuriyama back to Japan. Russia handed the 37-year-old medical student of the University of the Ryukyus to the Japanese authorities after detaining him for an alleged unauthorized trip to one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan.

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Russia hands drifted Japanese student over to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - Keisuke Kuriyama, a medical student of the University of the Ryukyus, meets reporters at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 25, 2011, shortly after arriving there aboard a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship. Kuriyama was detained by the Russian authorities for an alleged unauthorized trip to one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan after his rubber raft drifted away from Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula, and was later handed over to the Japanese authorities.

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Supreme Court rejects damages suit over textbook screenings

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Takashima, a professor at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, speaks to reporters in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Dec. 1 after the court rejected his appeal demanding 1 million yen in compensation from the government over textbook screenings.

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High court overturns ruling on textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Takashima, 60, a professor at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks with the media in Tokyo on May 29 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court decision and dismissed a suit filed by him demanding 1 million yen in compensation for the government's 1992 textbook screenings. Takashima said he will appeal to the Supreme Court as the high court ruling was merely parroting the opinion of the state.

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High court overturns ruling on textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Takashima, 60, a professor at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks with the media in Tokyo on May 29 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court decision and dismissed a suit filed by him demanding 1 million yen in compensation for the government's 1992 textbook screenings. Takashima said he will appeal to the Supreme Court as the high court ruling was merely parroting the opinion of the state.

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University revokes action to expel 6 students over anti-U.S. ral

NAHA, Japan - Isamu Kogachi, 75, smiles during a press conference on Aug. 17 after the University of the Ryukyus revoked -- after 51 years -- its action to expel him and five other students for engaging in an anti-U.S. rally in Okinawa when it was under U.S. control. The university said in rescinding its decision, ''It was an action taken after an adamant request by the U.S. Civil Administration,'' which was ruling the islands collectively known as the Ryukyus. (Kyodo)

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Supreme Court rejects damages suit over textbook screenings

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Takashima, a professor at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, speaks to reporters in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Dec. 1 after the court rejected his appeal demanding 1 million yen in compensation from the government over textbook screenings. (Kyodo)

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Russia hands drifted Japanese student over to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - Keisuke Kuriyama, a medical student of the University of the Ryukyus, meets reporters at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 25, 2011, shortly after arriving there aboard a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship. Kuriyama was detained by the Russian authorities for an alleged unauthorized trip to one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan after his rubber raft drifted away from Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula, and was later handed over to the Japanese authorities. (Kyodo)

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Russia hands drifted Japanese student over to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - Photo shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 25, 2011, which brought back drifted Japanese national Keisuke Kuriyama back to Japan. Russia handed the 37-year-old medical student of the University of the Ryukyus to the Japanese authorities after detaining him for an alleged unauthorized trip to one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan. (Kyodo)

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Sunken Mongol Empire ship found off Nagasaki Pref.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yoshifumi Ikeda (R), a professor at the University of the Ryukyus, speaks at a press conference in Nagasaki on Oct. 24, 2011. Ikeda announced a recent discovery of the hull of a ship off the island of Takashima in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, which is believed to be part of a Mongol Empire ship that apparently sank during an invasion attempt against Japan. In the second attack by the Yuan Dynasty in 1281, a large number of vessels are believed to have sunk off the island due to a storm. (Kyodo)

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Otter pictured in Japan, 1st sighting in 38 yrs

University of the Ryukyus Professor Masako Izawa (R) attends a press conference at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2017, announcing that an otter was spotted in February on Tsushima Island, southwestern Japan. The species is believed to have been extinct in Japan since the last sighting in 1979. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Otter pictured in Japan, 1st sighting in 38 yrs

University of the Ryukyus Professor Masako Izawa attends a press conference at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2017, announcing that an otter was spotted in February on Tsushima Island, southwestern Japan. The species is believed to have been extinct in Japan since the last sighting in 1979. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ryukyu rites mark start of New Year

NAHA, Japan - The ''king of the Ryukyu Islands'' heads a procession celebrating the New Year and praying for peace, at Shuri Castle Park in Naha on Jan. 1. The procession is a reproduction of the 17th to 19th century New Year's celebration rites conducted in the kingdom of the Ryukyus, which was absorbed into Japan in 1879 and is now called Okinawa Prefecture.