Some have speculated that Beijing could try to challenge Japan's control over Okinawa, which was once known as the kingdom of Ryukyu. The ancient kingdom was a Chinese tributary state in the East ...

Koizumi expressed strong concern over Chinese military activities near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. The Japanese-administered islets in the East China Sea are claimed by China. Also on ...

The U.S. has deployed troops and anti-ship missiles into the northern Philippines as part of almost continuous, joint war ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spread a photo symbolizing the “strongest alliance in ...

A team of student researchers at Tohoku University has identified a previously unknown species of the venomous Physalia (better known as the ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first meeting on Friday, where they confirmed the continuation of a “strategically mutual and beneficial relationship” between ...

Conservationists urge stronger protections to deter the growing illegal trade and overseas demand for Okinawa’s endemic species.