Minoru Kinjo and the sculpture he created themed Battle of Okinawa, on December 23, 2025 Photo: Xing Xiaojing/GT. Editor's ...

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Japanese universities are seeking to restore coral reefs and marine ecosystems after inheriting artificial coral structures ...

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

Japan has spotted Chinese vessels in waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for a total of 356 days this ...

At the southernmost tip of Japan, Okinawa forms a coral barrier between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Expedia ...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan, with residents in several cities, including the capital Taipei and nearby Taoyuan, ...

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

Xi’s invocation of tributary history is less a claim over sovereignty than it is an attack on the U.S.-Japan alliance.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII —The Japan-based III Marine Expeditionary Force has made some “significant modernization changes” in ...

Global travel interest is surging in destinations that balance popularity and purpose, places ready to welcome visitors.

Millions have seen the heart-wrenching video of a polar bear clinging to life, its white hair limply covering its thin, bony frame. Shot by Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier of the nonprofit group ...