The ceremony took place on Saturday on Ioto, one of the Ogasawara Islands located approximately 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo Bay. Ishiba is the first sitting Japanese prime minister to attend a ...

The remote Tokyo island in the Ogasawara island chain in the western Pacific saw heavy fighting from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945. The battle in the closing days of the war left some 21,900 Japanese ...

The aquamarine waters of the Ogasawara island chain far south of Tokyo rank as one of the nation's stellar diving spots. They are also a graveyard of wartime wrecks. One site, about 30 meters ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – If this was one final opportunity for Shinnosuke Ogasawara to make his case for a spot in the Nationals’ rotation, he was going to have to do something eye-opening ...

Another must-see on the day trip to Garnish Island is the nearby seal colony, which makes its home in the rocky cliffs. Most boat trips that make their way to the island will stop off at the ...

Right now, it's a battle between three players; DJ Herz, Mitchell Parker and Shinnosuke Ogasawara. The duo of Herz and Parker were thrown into the fire last season based on injuries, and after ...

Continuing volcanic activity on remote Nishinoshima island that flared more than six months ago shows no sign of abating. Nishinoshima is part of the Ogasawara island chain about 1,000 ...

According to any measure Hispaniola, the Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is two different planets in one. People in the Dominican Republic are 11 times richer than ...

From the gastronomic specialties of Sifnos to the enigmatic ruins of the Dodecanese, each Greek island has its own distinct character. Here are the best Greek islands to visit. There’s a Greek ...

Sprawling beaches, rich cultures and untouched pockets of wilderness are just a few alluring characteristics of the best islands in the world. According to experts and U.S. News readers ...

If you're on St. John during your Virgin Islands vacation, you're likely right on the edge of Virgin Islands National Park. Two-thirds of the island is parkland, and most of Love City's top ...