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 ...

Life may seem tranquil on Japan’s remote Yonaguni island, where wild horses graze and tourists dive to spot hammerhead sharks, but China’s recent huge military exercises have rattled residents. The ...

YONAGUNI ISLAND, Japan — For years it was known as the "Two Gun" island – one gun for each of the two policemen stationed here. Yonaguni, Japan's most westerly island, can feel like a peaceful ...

Amidst heightened regional unrest, Japan is set to bolster its defenses by positioning surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni island, the nation's westernmost territory. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi ...

Japan is expanding a military base on a tiny island east of Taiwan months after the Chinese military’s ballistic missiles landed near its shores last year, rattling locals amid worsening regional ...

Amid growing tensions between China and Japan over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on “intervening in a Taiwan contingency,” Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited a Japan Ground ...

Kotaro Kobari was returning from an all-night fishing expedition in his small boat off the remote Japanese island of Yonaguni in August last year when his phone suddenly lit up with notifications ...