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A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and other tourist hot spots in the country.

Okinawa, an archipelago that stretches from just below Japan’s main islands almost to Taiwan, means different things to different people.

A US warship will visit Trinidad and Tobago for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela, the archipelago's foreign ministry said Thursday, amid Washington's campaign against alleged drug traffickers in the region.

It is a critical time for the vast archipelago of more than 280 million people, spread across thousands of islands.

So it should come as little surprise that the Indonesian government has sensed the opportunity to create another lucrative tourist haven on the sprawling archipelago.