The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force said it is building up defense capabilities to enhance deterrence and response.

A new video from Japan’s maritime authorities captures an underwater volcano bursting through the sea surface in a violent ...

Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies.

Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing in on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where one of the most decisive battles of the time took ...

The waters off Yonaguni Island have carried a quiet question for nearly four decades. In 1986, a local dive tour operator noticed large stone shapes on the seabed that did not sit easily with the ...

The underwater monument near Yonaguni Island has puzzled divers and researchers since its discovery in 1986. Submerged beneath the waves off Japan’s southwestern coast, the vast stone structure ...

Have you ever wandered along a beach and marveled at the gorgeous sand sculptures made by local artists? All of that effort, only for them to be destroyed when the tide comes in or the wind picks up.