Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

A remote Japanese island inadvertently found itself in the crosshairs of China-Taiwan tensions. Less than 100 miles from Taiwan's capital, Japan's westernmost island has rapidly militarized. China's ...

The number of days China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels were spotted in the contiguous zone around disputed islands in the East ...

Chinese coast guard vessels sailed near the Senkaku Islands 357 times last year, setting a record for the fourth year in a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to increase patrols near the disputed Senkaku Islands in 2026.

YONAGUNI, Japan -- This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill. But the ...

Boasting thousands of years of history and a World Heritage listing, Okinoshima is Japan's very own treasure island. It's also completely off limits to women.

An underwater volcano erupted off Japan's coast three weeks ago, giving birth to a new island. The unnamed undersea volcano, located about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of mainland Japan and a ...

A corrugated metal roof topped by a skylight shelters the timber-lined interiors of Amami House, an off-grid home in Japan ...

Japan and South Korea are covering up Sado Island’s dark side in a severe misconstruction of the meanings of UNESCO World Heritage, diplomacy, and history. Lately, Japan’s Aikawa Folk Museum, a small ...

A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy ...