Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.
Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...
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Japan eyes expanding military base near Taiwan amid defense buildup
Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand a two-year-old army base on Ishigaki Island, near Taiwan, as part of efforts to ...
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China flies attack drone near Japan’s southern islands for first time
The GJ-2 unmanned aerial vehicle was observed Wednesday morning and afternoon near Japan’s southernmost islands, including Okinawa, according to a news release that day from Japan’s Joint Staff.
Tiny island on the frontline
YONAGUNI, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier, has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead ...
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The Nansei Islands: Japan’s Frontline in a Taiwan Emergency
P-3C aircraft belonging to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) parked at Naha Air Base in Naha, Okinawa ... of Japan’s four main islands – to Yonaguni near the Taiwanese coast.
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...
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The tiny Japanese island militarizing on Taiwan’s doorstep
Rear Adm. Takuhiro Hiragi, commander of Fleet Air Wing 5 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, says his group’s mission is to fly P-3C aircraft over the East China Sea near Okinawa and its remote ...
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Stress and fear roil a tiny, rapidly militarizing Japanese island near Taiwan
Rear Adm. Takuhiro Hiragi, commander of Fleet Air Wing 5 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, says his group's mission is to fly P-3C aircraft over the East China Sea near Okinawa and its remote ...