Japan on Thursday unveiled a plan to evacuate about 120,000 people from southern islets near Taiwan, regarded by China as its ...

The government unveiled its plan to evacuate tens of thousands of people from remote islands near Taiwan in case China acts ...

Japan activated its Japan Self-Defense Force Joint Operations Command (JJOC) Monday, allowing its military to better conduct ...

The habits of people living on this extraordinary island are surprisingly humble, but a huge amount of the population live ...

The JMSDF has announced that it has acquired two types of unmanned underwater gliders as test examples for maritime ...

Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...

Of the estimated 188,140 Japanese killed in the Battle of Okinawa, most of their remains had been collected and placed in the national cemetery on the island, the health ministry says. Around 1400 ...

Missile units for PAC-3 interceptors have been deployed on Yonaguni and nearby Ishigaki and Miyako islands ... with the U.S. military on the island also caused apprehension. Japan’s air and maritime ...

The 12th Littoral Combat Team was established in a ceremony at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on March 3 and is the third and final element of the Marine Corps' latest answer to Chinese influence in the ...

Okinawa (Japan), and it’s part of a growing Marine Corps force dedicated to delivering medium to long-range area denial capabilities to the First Island Chain. A designation ceremony at Camp Hansen, ...

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — A woman opposed to U.S. military presence on Okinawa was convicted in a Japanese court recently on 16 counts related to her protests the past four years, including a threat ...

The release added that on Monday, Tianshuxing sailed southeast through the waters between Miyako Island and Okinawa to enter the Philippine Sea. JMSDF destroyer JS Harusame (DD-102) and JMSDF P-3C ...