Luring visitors with golden beaches and picturesque palm trees, Okinawa is a wandering knight, never failing to surprise ...

Recent movements by Chinese naval vessels have sparked fears in Japan of a ... operations in the Miyako Strait. This 250-kilometer-wide passage separates Okinawa’s main island from Taiwan.

Japan saw scrambles by the Japan Air Self Defense Force decrease for the first three quarters of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 ...

Japan is moving to beef up its guided ... have a range of 200 or so kilometers. The strategic Miyako Strait between the main Okinawa island and Miyakojima is about 290 km wide, meaning the ...

Okinawa, a Japanese prefecture that ... and Coast Guard ships to surround the island, preventing America's military intervention. The sailing in the Miyako Strait indicated the Chinese blockade ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...

The UH60 helicopter, known as the Black Hawk, vanished from radar screens near the Miyako island on Thursday. The four-blade, twin-engine transport helicopter used by Japan's Ground Self-Defence ...

Wang listed Japan’s military deployment on the islands off its southwest coast from October 2023 to September last year. Tokyo has added a 40-person electronic warfare squad on Yonaguni island and ...

The waters around Japan’s southwestern Nansei Islands ... likely inhabit broad marine areas around the main Okinawa island as well as the Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands.