Keiko Itokazu Okinawans have long felt caught between the United States and Japan, which sent troops to claim the Okinawan island chain in the 1870s. Prior to that, Okinawa was known as the ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand a two-year-old army base on Ishigaki Island, near Taiwan, as part of efforts to ...

Japan is considering deploying long-range missiles in Kyushu as part of the country's efforts to acquire "counterstrike ...

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

Yonaguni is only 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of Taiwan, around which China has bolstered military activity. Worried about a conflict, Japan has made a “southwestern shift” in its military posture ...

In a lawsuit filed in California, the plaintiffs said that Bumble Bee Foods was aware of and benefited from abuse by ...

The tiny island of Yonaguni on Japan’s western frontier is too small for even a chain convenience store ... Japan's air and maritime forces in Okinawa’s prefectural capital of Naha are key ...

Japan is eyeing the deployment of long-range missiles on the island of Kyushu to the southwest of the country in order to ...

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

Private 1st Class Harold Gonsalves received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions during the Battle of ...