Wang listed Japan’s military deployment on the islands off its southwest coast from October 2023 to September last year.

A fleet of Chinese navy vessels has conducted what Japanese military analysts believe was an exercise to impose a naval blockade between the main island of Okinawa and the most westerly islands of ...

Japan plans to put its Osprey tiltrotor aircraft back in the air after imposing safety guidelines affecting the aircraft transmissions announced by the U.S. military last week, according to the ...

YONAGUNI, Okinawa Prefecture--U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel on May 17 visited Yonagunijima island via the U.S. military’s first use of the isle’s civilian airport since Okinawa Prefecture’s ...

The Chinese navy had a similar move with its Coast Guard counterpart as they held a joint navigation between Taiwan, a self-ruled island that is claimed by China as its territory, and Yonaguni ...

It then grounded its V-22 fleet again following an Oct. 27 mishap on Yonaguni Island during the Keen Sword 25 exercise where a JGSDF V-22 sustained slight damaged following a failed take-off attempt.

Iwaya demanded China immediately remove a new buoy which was found set up floating inside Japan's exclusive economic zone south of Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture. The ministers noted the ...

China has increased the frequency of military activity in waters and airspace near Japan, deploying the aircraft carrier Liaoning near Japan’s westernmost island of Yonaguni on September 17, 2024.

You can read more about them here. Benoitb / Getty Images 23."The perplexing Yonaguni Monument. Located off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands in Japan is a series of rectangular rock formations that ...

Adding to Okinawa’s fears is the rapid deployment of Japanese missile defense and amphibious capabilities on Okinawa’s outer islands, including Ishigaki, Miyako and Yonaguni, which are close ...