The region of Nankai Trough stretches Japan’s southwest Pacific coast and runs for approximately 900 km (600 miles), where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Eurasian Plate.

frigate JS Noshiro manuever during the Philippines United States Japan Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity off a disputed South China Sea shoal on Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron ...

TOKYO -- With Japan's main deep-sea research vessel set to go out of service as early as the 2030s and no replacement in sight, the country risks falling even further behind China, which has the ...

(Aaron Favila/AP) ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea — The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China ...

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea — The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a ...

A submarine of Russia's Pacific Fleet conducted drills in the Sea of Japan, launching cruise missiles at sea and coastal targets, the Russian state Tass news agency reported on Wednesday.

Japan plans to deploy long-range missiles in its southwestern island of Kyushu near the East China Sea, amid growing fears of conflict in the Taiwan Strait, according to a Japanese media report.

and the South China Sea when looking at the desktop browser of Google Maps. Japan uses the term Sea of Japan to refer to the body of water separating it from the Korean Peninsula; South Korea ...