Japan and South Korea agreed Friday to resume a joint naval search and rescue exercise that was discontinued in 2017. Japan ...

GETTING OUR SHIPS TOGETHER: Besides the aircraft carrier Lincoln, the U.S. has positioned at least eight other warships in the region. “We have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran ...

Departure of Tokyo zoo’s main attraction marks the end of a diplomatic tradition – and highlights growing military rivalry ...

In March 2025, the government of Japan announced initial guidelines for how they plan to evacuate 110,000 residents and ...

BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China's Coast Guard organised 134 patrols and deployed 550,000 vessels and 6,000 aircraft around ...

China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea almost daily last year, it said on Friday, aiming to secure its sovereignty over the remote, rocky outpost and to deter ...

China may rethink its escalating pressure campaign on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she delivers a resounding ...

As Japan turned the clock from 2025 to 2026, Donald Trump was dominating its news cycle as attention focused on the president ...

In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends ...

In a shift, Japanese officials are discreetly urging fishermen to avoid disputed islands claimed by China, signaling Tokyo's ...

A 76-year-old Japanese fisherman, Hitoshi Nakama, has long seen himself as a frontline defender of Japans claims over the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. For years, Nakama and other ...

During a recent visit to Honolulu, the Philippine coast guard’s top officer, Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan, told a roundtable of reporters that tension in “the South China Sea is an existential issue not only ...