NHK has learned that Japan and the European Union will jointly hold a seminar for Southeast Asian coast guard officials on ...

While many countries have territorial disputes with their neighbors — in fact, there are at least 150 active disputes ...

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In August, a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane briefly violated Japanese airspace off the southern main island of Kyushu, ...

YONAGUNI, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier, has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead ...

The National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty is set to reopen in mid-April following renovations.

Japan on Friday expressed its “full confidence” that the United States will fulfill its obligations under a bilateral ...

On Feb. 24, the three-year anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a vote on a resolution ...

That being the case, it becomes more likely, rather than less, that China will make a strategic calculation that now is the time to strike one of its neighbors. The strike could target the Philippines ...

A Chinese buoy placed south of Yonaguni Island, Japan's westernmost point located just 111km from Taiwan, is now a simmering ...

China on Monday urged Japan not to disrupt peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait following revelations over the weekend ...

says his group's mission is to fly P-3C aircraft over the East China Sea near Okinawa and its remote islands, including Yonaguni, and the Japanese-controlled Senkaku island, which Beijing also claims.