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 ...

To prevent American warships from entering the area, China stationed 18 destroyers and frigates east of the "first island chain," which stretches from the Philippines to Japan's Nansei Islands ...

The number of SDF personnel stationed in Okinawa Prefecture exceeded 7,000 in 2016, when the first defense outpost in the Nansei Islands opened in Yonagunijima, Japan’s westernmost island just ...

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 ...

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

Type 03 Chu-SAM surface-to-air missiles are set to be deployed on Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, 110 kilometers (68 miles) from Taiwan. Yonaguni is part of Okinawa Prefecture and the first ...

The training was conducted in airspace around Okinawa, which is part of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, also known as the Nansei Islands, in the country's southwestern waters. They serve as a boundary between ...