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 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 ...

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

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.

Quoting multiple Japanese government sources ... vessels was the first in the 250km strait that separates Okinawa island and Miyako and an archipelago of smaller islands that ends with Yonaguni ...

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

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.

Roughly 400-miles off the coast of Japan’s southernmost region of ... resort and spa located in Onna Village on the main island of Okinawa. Other Blue Zone locations around the world include ...