Driven by concerns over China's military might and North Korea's provocations, Japan is moving towards greater defence ...

The recent Chinese military activities come after the East Asian power simultaneously deployed two aircraft carriers in the broader Western Pacific.

The first simultaneous deployment of two Chinese carrier groups beyond the strategically vital First Island Chain took place ...

About 270 takeoff and landing operations of fighter jets based on the Chinese Navy’s two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong, were conducted in the Pacific Ocean from Tuesday through Thursday ...

Japan said Tuesday that two Chinese aircraft carriers had been seen operating in the Pacific Ocean for the first time as Beijing boosts its military capability in far-flung areas.

Together with four vessels including a missile destroyer, the Shandong was sailing through waters 550 kilometers southeast of Miyako Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on Saturday around ...

Miyako Islands: The main island of Miyako is covered in sugarcane fields, and the islands here are surrounded by some of Okinawa’s most expansive coral reefs.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts just opened its first resort in Japan—on Okinawa's Miyako Island—and Travel + Leisure was the first in.

Missile units for PAC-3 interceptors have been deployed on Yonaguni and nearby Ishigaki and Miyako islands. Yonaguni residents find themselves at the centre of the geopolitical tension.

YONAGUNI, Japan -- This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill.

A tiny island on Japan’s western frontier is now the front line in a potential clash over Taiwan.