The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, ...

U.S. couple Dani and Evan Benton, who run a guesthouse and honeybee farm on an island in Japan: "We're so excited about our ...

all I can think is—“Well, their loss.” Yakushima is one of 6,000 islands that comprise Japan. The 195-square-mile fragment of land floating off the country’s southwestern tip has been part ...

The island’s economy is built upon traditional industries ... While dekikon — marriage due to pregnancy — is often ...

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 ...

Hashima Island is a chilling, deserted island just nine miles off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan. The island has been abandoned for over half a century and is now entirely reclaimed by nature.

A small island off the coast of Japan has seen a huge amount of its residents reach 100, and one food may hold the key to ...

The roar of the hovering Marine Corps aircraft drowns out the sound of waves breaking on the rocks around Yonaguni Island, among the most isolated locations in Japan, as the U.S. military conducts ...

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 ...

Before the Baba family moved to the island, all the residents were over 70 years ... I want to use manga, which is part of Japanese culture, to also attract foreign tourists to the island." ...

The long arm of a construction crane soars above the thick jungle on subtropical Ishigaki Island where Japan, which embraced pacifism 80 years ago, is preparing for a war it hopes never begins.

"The Diaoyu and affiliated islands are China's inherent territory, and we urge the Japanese side to immediately stop all illegal activities in these waters," he said. "Chinese coast guard ships ...