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Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to disputed islands in the East China Sea, where ...

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 ...

Japan isn’t usually associated with seductive stretches of sand, but it should be. From surfing hubs to remote tropical getaways, these are the archipelago’s best beaches.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts just opened its first resort in Japan—on Okinawa's Miyako Island—and Travel + Leisure was the first in. After a decade of repeat visits to Japan, I‘ve never lost the sense of ...

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s deputy prime minister says tensions over an island dispute with China have been fanned by activists, but have not hurt official relations between the countries. Deputy Prime ...

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 ...

In March 2025, the government of Japan announced initial guidelines for how they plan to evacuate 110,000 residents and ...

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers ...