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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan has over 14,000 islands and their inhabitants keep each unique local culture alive. Kobi Island has just 13 residents; we met four lively women who pray at the local shrine's sacred boulder.