Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a front-line defender of Japan’s claims to disputed islands in the East China Sea, where ...

Japan is urging fishermen to avoid the disputed Senkaku islands, known as Diaoyu in China, to prevent a potential clash with ...

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 ...

Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea, which Beijing also claims. The latest territorial flap came as both appeared ...

The Hokkaido government has announced that memorial services at sea will be held between July 20 and Aug. 21 for former residents of the four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan ...

This week, Bobby Judo cycles Shimanami’s bridge-hopping islands, chasing sea views and the easy kindness of island life.

What a bold, daring paradigm changing declaration. Let's status quo! I wonder what percentage of their population believe the status quo is wonderful and not just a system to enshrine the advantages ...

NAGATO, Japan -- The Japanese and Russian leaders on Thursday agreed to discuss joint economic projects on disputed islands off the northeast coast of Hokkaido, even as sovereignty claims and other ...

Japan's Defense Ministry said late Friday it had spotted two Russian Navy ships in the waters near Okinawa islands and Taiwan in the previous four days, following a similar announcement this week from ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 jolted islands in the Pacific southeast of mainland Japan on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no reports of damage, ...