Located 800 miles southwest of Japan’s capital, the island ... what the island most cherishes. Located in Kagoshima ...

Yakushima usually isn’t on the itinerary for first-time visitors to Japan. About as far as it gets from the country's tourist-congested golden triangle (that would be Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka ...

This special promo set was originally released in Japanese to coincide with ... Kantonian Pokemon headline the most valuable cards in the Southern Islands. Cards are ordered according to their ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The general in charge of the Marine Corps’ Indo-Pacific field command recently visited Ishigaki island ...

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 ...

Though the bright lights of Japan's cities may draw most travellers, the country's natural beauty spreads far from its cosmopolitan centres, diffusing into remote islands and trailing archipelagos.

Long-standing tensions between Japan and South Korea have reached a symbolic peak over a Buddhist statue stolen from Kannonji ...

About 600 troops are being posted to Ishigaki, one of Japan’s most southern inhabited islands. Also deployed are cutting-edge guided-missile batteries intended to stop threats approaching by sea ...

From a monkey that weighs only a few ounces to a 100-pound rodent, get to know some of these adorable creatures.

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has condemned joint aerial drills conducted by Japan, the United States and ...

The land of Japow beckons, so here's how to make the most of ... frigid Sea of Japan in the winter months, the western coast of the country typically gets slammed with massive amounts of powder snow ...