Some of the most vicious battles in U.S. history were fought over islands that are a household name today and others that ...

It’s not just South Korea; all the U.S. allies along the first island chain are in a period of political turmoil. And China ...

The largest island in Japan, Honshu, stretches 227,898 square kilometers. As Japan’s mainland, it becomes the second-most populated island in the world, reaching 102,579,606 as of 2020. The island is ...

Mount Fuji’s last eruption, which happened on this day in 1707, was also its largest, spewing ash and debris over cities and ...

The manipulation of public opinion highlights the dangers of state-controlled narratives in the era of digital media ...

Residents’ fears are growing on Ishigakijima island in southwestern Japan that the government ... Ishigakijima, with a population of nearly 50,000, is now home to about 570 GSDF troops and ...

NAGASAKI—Hideo Kaji fondly recalls the harmony that helped to enable the most densely populated community ... as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution. The island mining town is now ...

SUNAGAWA, Japan >> A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, ...

Japan invaded it in 1942 to secure these ... As of 2021, Christmas Island had a population of 1,692 residents, with the majority living in settlements on the northern edge of the island, including ...

The couple applied for a startup business visa, which allows foreigners to move to Japan to start a small business.

Residents of one of Japan's five main islands are over three times more likely ... be a key reason why Japanese women have relatively low rates of breast cancer. Seaweed boasts several almost ...

Bears are spreading across Japan, making their way closer to homes and risking lives. Read more at straitstimes.com.