Japanese forces tracked Chinese ships and aircraft transiting through Japan’s southwest region during the same period, while ...

China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a strongly worded protest over Japan’s plan to deploy a military surveillance radar unit to a remote island to monitor Chinese navy vessels entering the ...

Before dawn on a December morning in 2025, Japanese air defenses tracked an unusual formation: Russian and Chinese long-range bombers flying a deliberate loop around the country’s main islands without ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

The beaches aren’t for swimming and visitors rent EVs on this southern Japanese island, where tourism authorities are trying ...

In 2023, eight villages in Okinawa Prefecture had fewer than 10 childbirths, with Tonaki recording none, Tokashiki just one, and Izena and Tarama two each. The eight villages — all of them on small, ...

IE SHIMA, Okinawa — The Marine Corps has reopened a small island airfield off Okinawa’s coast after two years of repairs, restoring a key training site and easing pressure on Kadena Air Base, where ...

TOKYO -- In response to a series of sexual violence cases involving US military personnel stationed in Okinawa, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly has adopted a formal opinion calling on the Japanese ...

A suicide note left by Japan’s under-the-table negotiator on the 1972 Okinawa reversion is being exhibited at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives, telling visitors the envoy’s grief over brokering a ...

Percé Rock is a 88 m/289 ft high limestone monolith in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, at the tip of the Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula ...

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force prepare to receive a drone during the Marine Corps Attack Drone Competition on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 9, 2025. US Marine Corps photo ...

The human eye can only detect wavelengths in the visible light range, but a new imaging system will let us "see" infrared radiation using smartphones. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...