Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A remote Japanese island inadvertently found itself in the crosshairs of China-Taiwan tensions. Less than 100 miles from Taiwan's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with ...

As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines. Sitting just 68 miles east ...

Once a thriving sardine fishing island, today Aoshima is home to roughly 80 cats and just a handful of people who look after ...

As the legend goes, Japan’s Ryukyu Islands were created by the goddess Amamikyo, who is believed to have descended from the heavens and into the sea, just off the southern coast of what is now known ...

July 3 (UPI) --An island chain in southwest Japan was shaken by an earthquake on Thursday after over 1,000 tremors throughout two weeks. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Tokara island chain at ...

Japan plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles to its remote western island near Taiwan by March 2031, its defence minister said, as regional tensions simmer. It is the first time that Japan specified ...

Japan's best islands: Japan has more than 6,000 islands. Here are 10 of our favorites, starting with Honshu, home to Tokyo (pictured).

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan lodged another protest with China last week, its third in less than two weeks, after it said Chinese coast guard vessels entered waters around Japanese islets in the East ...

A Russian intelligence-gathering ship spent more than a week in waters near Japan’s southern islands, including Okinawa and Kyushu, the country’s military announced Monday. The Vishnya-class vessel, ...