Remote Japanese island draws scrutiny over nuclear waste, rare earth plans

Japan's easternmost island, Minamitori Island, is drawing attention as the site of test mining for rare earth elements from ...

Japan, China trade airspace violations over Senkaku Islands

Japan and China accused each other of airspace violations around the Senkaku Islands off Okinawa Prefecture in the East China ...
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Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A remote Japanese island inadvertently found itself in the crosshairs of China-Taiwan tensions. Less than 100 miles from Taiwan's ...

Stress and fear roil a tiny, rapidly militarizing Japanese island near Taiwan

This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no convenience store. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and ...
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Cruise the Japanese pirate islands on this floating ryokan: guntû

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The chef’s hands move with the assurance of decades-long practice. He shapes and turns rice still faintly warm, then settles a soft ...
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Japanese islands shaken by earthquake after more than 1,000 tremors

July 3 (UPI) --An island chain in southwest Japan was shaken by an earthquake on Thursday after over 1,000 tremors throughout two weeks. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Tokara island chain at ...
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Japanese island holds disaster drill in shadow of Taiwan threat

YONAGUNI, Japan, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Japan on Sunday conducted a tsunami evacuation drill on its westernmost island, an exercise that could also help residents respond to an emergency arising from any ...