Japan fighter aircraft were scrambled 448 times in the last nine months – a 14 percent decrease from the same timeframe last ...

The Ryukyu Islands are divided into three major island groups: Okinawa Islands, the Miyako Islands, and the Yaeyama Islands. Photograph by Ippei Naoi, Getty Images As the legend goes, Japan’s Ryukyu ...

Tucked away in southern Japan lies Miyako Island, a serene tropical haven that remains somewhat hidden from the mainstream tourist radar. Its allure lies in miles of pristine white-sand beaches, ...

MIYAKO ISLAND, May 12 (Reuters) - Seihan Nakazato wants the missile trucks on the base next to his melon farm to leave, but few others on Okinawa's Miyako island, he complains, are demanding that ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through the Miyako Strait, between two islands in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, on Monday for the first time this year, according to Japan’s ...

NAHA, Japan (AP) — A weakened Tropical Storm Mawar headed toward Japan’s southern archipelago of Okinawa on Thursday, leading businesses and the airport to close and fishermen to batten down their ...