Did an ancient island facilitate migration amongst the Ryukyu Islands? Compiling the latest geological and biological data, a research group from Tohoku University has provided compelling evidence ...

Photo/Xinhua] Japan's accelerated militarization of the southwestern islands is not a matter of routine policy adjustment ...

Aug. 23 (UPI) --Japan will begin construction in October on new missile-related units and ammunition storage facilities on an island near the contested Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo's ...

Last week, Tokyo’s top defense official toured Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) and Coast Guard facilities across the ...

Japan is planning on deploying 600 troops to islands near the ones it disputes with China. Russia’s Sputnik news, citing unnamed Japanese government officials, said that Japan’s Defense Ministry has ...

Japan is developing new long-range, modular missiles to protect key Pacific waterways, especially the Miyako Strait—a narrow passage between the East China Sea and the Pacific that China’s navy relies ...

The snowy beaches of the Miyako Islands are a change to the beige-orange sand on the main island of Okinawa, and the sun reflected off the powdery white sand contrasts sharply with the blue ocean to ...

Japan scrambled fighter jets Sunday after China flew a fleet of aircraft near contested islands in the East China Sea. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that the jets were sent up ...

Did an ancient island facilitate migration among the Ryukyu Islands? Compiling the latest geological and biological data, a research group from Tohoku University has provided compelling evidence that ...