It begins in Hokkaido, the most northerly part of the archipelago, and finishes in the islands of Japan’s southerly Okinawa Prefecture. Reaching a latitude of 45°N, Hokkaido can receive 50 feet ...

Shodoshima, the second largest island in the Seto Inland Sea ... followed and produces about one-third of all the barrel-aged shoyu made in Japan. To reach Shodoshima from Tokyo, flights to ...

After the assault on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Americans quickly became all too aware of their ... With their close proximity to Japan, the Aleutian Islands seemed especially prone ...

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Japan has wiped out all mongooses on a subtropical island, officials said, after the animals ignored the venomous snakes they ...

Beyond the bustling streets of Japan's inner-city metropolis' lies a variety of dramatic, ever-changing landscapes. From ...

But whether the island remains intact also depends on ... across the Bering Strait, down through Japan and all the way to New ...

The other two are Hahajima (Fisher island) and Mukojima-retto (the Parry Group). What’s with all these alternate non-Japanese names? Mainland Japan has never been “discovered,” claimed or ...

Japan and Pacific Island countries understand the urgency ... responsibility and sovereignty of all countries, regardless of size or power, are protected by international law, rules and norms.

Almost 4 million people in southern Japan ... for all of Kyushu, affecting 3.7 million residents. At least one person is missing and dozens of people have been injured across the island as of ...

SUVA--Ministers from Japan and Pacific island countries agreed to oppose ... At a news conference after the meeting, Kamikawa thanked “all friends from the Pacific” who contributed to ...

What’s left of the Terminal Island village is a stark contrast ... a 1917 article in Pacific Fisherman said “the Japanese taught the Americans and all the others how to catch tuna in ...