China is ramping up its military actions and raising tensions in the Nansei Islands. Japan is bolstering its presence in ...

Japan is facing mounting security challenges in the Nansei Islands as China’s military activities continue to expand. The ...

The GSDF camp is part of Japan’s strategy of positioning troops to the Nansei chain of outlying islands in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures. The Senkaku Islands, a group of uninhabited isles in ...

YONAGUNI, Okinawa Prefecture--Defense Minister Gen Nakatani gave assurances that residents here and on outlying islands would be protected in the event of a military emergency such as a missile ...

The Japan Self-Defense Forces have placed an order for 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks (Extended Range) transport helicopters, ...

It is difficult to retake territory once it has been occupied, even if the injustice of that occupation is proclaimed.

Some 300km south of Okinawa, a small island known mainly to the Japanese is rising up on the maps of foreign tourists, buoyed by ...

From Georgia’s Golden Isles to “the sunset capital of Alabama,” these are the best islands in the South. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of experience editing and writing ...

On his visit to the islands in 1835, Charles Darwin noticed the slight differences between the same types of animal on each island. This helped him work out how they had adapted to their ...