Residents on southwestern Japan's Akuseki Island are facing difficult decisions over whether to evacuate as earthquakes ...

Japan evacuates small island village after over 1,000 quakes hit region - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake triggers evacuation ...

Takeichi Kakinohana, 85, sits in August on a beach on Aka Island, Japan, where, when he was a teenager, the U.S. military landed prior to invading Okinawa. Kakinohana was conscripted by the ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.

Beyond the bustling streets of Japan's inner-city metropolis' lies a variety of dramatic, ever-changing landscapes. From sinuous jungles and white-sand beaches to tectonic land formations, here's ...

On March 26, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa began with the U.S. landing on Aka Island, one of the small islands in the Kerama Islands chain. That day, ... THE JAPAN TIMES LTD.

Japan in 2023 opened a missile base on Ishigaki island in the chain and deployed Type-12 surface-to-ship guided missiles and Type-03 surface-to-air guided missiles there as a hedge against Beijing ...

Japan's westernmost island lies in sight of Taiwan, less than 70 miles away. On Thursday, a Chinese missile landed near Yonaguni. Japan has been strengthening defenses across its southwest islands.

Takeichi Kakinohana, 85, sits in August on a beach on Aka Island, Japan, where, when he was a teenager, the U.S. military landed prior to invading Okinawa.