Japan Thursday disclosed an evacuation plan for 120,000 residents of islands near Taiwan as it announced an evacuation drill ...

Asian powerhouse, Japan has released its first plans to evacuate more than 100,000 civilians from some of its remote islands near Taiwan in the event of conflict in the region. This move followed the ...

Then Japan is the perfect destination for you ... Many of the uninhabited islands are owned by the central and local governments. But some are privately owned. Part of the controversial Senkaku ...

Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, was once a thriving arm of the country's industrial revolution - but ...

In the last survey released in 1987, geographers counted islands with a coastline of 100 meters or longer on paper maps, according to the Japan Coast Guard, the author of the survey. The previous ...

Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural disasters. In the event of a major earthquake, the islands' inherent isolation and, for some, remote ...

and all the tiny islands beyond, all the way to Yonaguni which lies only 80km from Taiwan. Kyushu is home to Sakurajima, the most active volcano in Japan Kyushu is home to Sakurajima, the most ...

With their close proximity to Japan, the Aleutian Islands seemed especially prone to an attack. Stretching westward into the Pacific Ocean, the chain of roughly 150 islands lay just 750 miles away ...

(Kyodo) SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural disasters. In the event of a major earthquake, the islands' inherent ...