TOKYO – Chinese coast guard vessels have been asserting Beijing’s claims to maritime borders east of Taiwan and close to a Japanese island, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said, as tension continues ...

You can now fall asleep on a ferry in Taiwan and wake up in Japan. On the surface, the Yaima Maru offers a perfect slow-travel escape — a passenger ferry equipped with saunas, karaoke rooms and a ...

Two lavender-colored alliums, flowers that resemble giant dandelions, rose above a half-moon vessel as Toyomi Sobue studied how long to leave the stem of a third flower. She stuck the stalk in a bowl ...

Hike to the top of Mount Omoto to summit the highest peak in Okinawa Prefecture. Enjoy all-inclusive pampering at Club Med Kabira Ishigaki, with its multiple sports clubs and private beach. Take a ...

There’s been a pattern throughout history where entire communities are built as playgrounds for the rich, then left behind once circumstances shift. These places were never meant to last forever, yet ...

Japan is proposing a remote Pacific island as a possible host for a nuclear waste-disposal site, an important step in the country’s plans to accelerate the restart of atomic power plants. The local ...

A new movie has dropped onto Netflix and it is one that all fans of war movies need to watch since it tells an mostly ignored part of World War II. Netflix is a perfect streaming service for fans who ...

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Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for burying nuclear waste, officials said. Nuclear power is making a comeback ...

Japan plans to deploy upgraded air defense missiles on its westernmost island — within sight of Taiwan — by 2031, a move that underscores Tokyo’s growing concern over regional security and tensions ...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — U.S. Marines and their Japanese counterparts have kicked off a series of amphibious exercises aimed at strengthening island defense amid increasing regional tensions. Monday’s ...