Two boats carrying 21 people capsized off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and killing two, officials ...

Late last year, a group of junior high and high school students from Okinawa Prefecture visited the city of Nemuro, Hokkaido, to learn firsthand about issues related to disputed islands off Hokkaido ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a bilateral meeting with Japanese Minister of Defense Koizumi Shinjiro at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 2026. Credit: Department of Defense ...

The Okinawa Prefecture has almost 150 islands. While most Okinawans live on the main island of Okinawa, there are a handful of other islands that have a substantial population. The Miyako Islands, a ...

Far from the neon lights of Tokyo, temples and shrines of Kyoto and the Osaka street food scene is Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost — and westernmost — prefecture. Here, expect a slower pace, where the ...

It’s show time. Up heaves the sail, a concertina of heavy canvas pulled taut against the creaking wooden mast. It gulps the breeze that’s whisking cotton puffs of cloud out to sea. Black butterflies, ...

TOKYO/MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid ...

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese Defense Ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and ...

China and Russia have mounted a joint bomber incursion against Japan, resulting in the scrambling of Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighters. On 9 December, a pair of Russian Tupolev Tu-95 ...

This Dec. 23, 2022 file photo provided by Japan’s Ministry of Defense shows two J-15 carrier-based aircraft from the Liaoning. Credit: Japanese Ministry of Defense Tensions between Japan and China ...

Japan’s defense minister, visiting a military base close to Taiwan, said plans to deploy missiles to the post would move forward as tensions smolder between Tokyo and Beijing over the East Asian ...

Chinese warships and aircraft passed through a key waterway in Japan’s southern islands as U.S. and Japanese forces staged their largest-ever joint exercise, Japan’s military said. The Japan Maritime ...