Having been on a recent cruise that docked at Okinawa’s Naha Cruise Terminal 2, and later at Ishigaki, we can assure you that getting around on foot is absolutely doable – to some degree ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan plans to start operating its new Ground Self-Defense Force missile base on Ishigaki Island in March as part of a plan to bolster defenses in the Nansei Island chain ...

Up to 570 Ground Self-Defense Force members will be stationed at the newly established garrison on Ishigaki island in Okinawa prefecture, the country’s military said, confirming the troops moved ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The general in charge of the Marine Corps’ Indo-Pacific field command recently visited Ishigaki island for the first time, signaling U.S. resolve to defend Japan as it ...

FUKUOKA -- The chief of the aviation weather station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was under the influence of alcohol while they were on duty at the station that is tasked with ...

Due to the moist air surrounding Typhoon Krathon, which is moving toward Taiwan, Ishigaki Island, located southwest of Okinawa Main Island, experienced severe weather with torrential rain and ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will set up the country's first long-stay evacuation shelters on an island near Taiwan by ...

Ishigaki, Japan — President Biden ... II, she lost her mother, brother, sister and grandfather. The U.S. invasion of Japan in 1945 began on the neighboring island of Okinawa.

Ishigaki city employees confirm the evacuation routes, looking ahead to a possible contingency at New Ishigaki Airport in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 25, 2024.