Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to increase patrols near the disputed Senkaku Islands in 2026.

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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- 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 ...

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 ...

Leaders of 18 Pacific island nations and areas agreed to an enhanced role of Japan in the region's development while opposing any attempted coercive activity, in a joint declaration adopted at their ...

In November 2025, Japan's government-operated National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty displayed three historical records ...

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 ...

Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, ...