A remote Japanese island inadvertently found itself in the crosshairs of China-Taiwan tensions. Less than 100 miles from Taiwan's capital, Japan's westernmost island has rapidly militarized. China's ...

China flexed its muscles on Wednesday by sending an aircraft carrier into waters near Taiwan and Japan. The defense ministry of Japan on Wednesday reported the Chinese navy's movements in the ...

Japan plans to deploy anti-air missiles on the front line of China-Taiwan tensions, Tokyo's defense chief says. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Japan Self-Defense Forces with ...

A general view of a fishing port at Kubura village on Yonaguni, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier on Feb. 14. (Ayaka McGill/AP) YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier ...

YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill. But the wooded ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people in the event of a military attack or natural disaster. The 23,680-square-foot ...

Off the coast of Japan’s Yonaguni Island lies a mysterious underwater structure that has puzzled experts since its discovery in 1987. Some believe it could be the remains of a lost civilization– ...

Some 30,000 years ago, humans sailed 140 miles from Taiwan to Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island, navigating the Pacific Ocean’s powerful Kuroshio currents. But how exactly did they manage to complete ...