The Joint Staff Office under the Defense Ministry of Japan reported the Chinese military aircraft's movement within its air ...

The Self-Defense Forces and five municipalities in the Sakishima islands in the prefecture will take part in the table-top exercise, organized by the prefectural government, on March 17.

Japanese weather officials say a large and very strong typhoon is expected to directly hit Taiwan on Thursday. They are warning of high waves for residents on the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa ...

CNS Liaoning was part of large-scale military exercises near Taiwan, where the carrier took part in simulated strikes on sea and land targets.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The general in charge of the Marine Corps’ Indo-Pacific field command recently visited Ishigaki island ...

Yoshitaka Nakayama, mayor of Ishigaki, and Masato Maedomari, mayor of Taketomi, also sought government support in building evacuation shelters when Matsuno visited the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa ...

The very powerful Typhoon Kong-rey, also known as Typhoon No. 21 in Japan, is approaching the Sakishima Islands in ...

Weather officials in Japan are urging people in the Okinawa region to be on alert for high waves as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches.

Ishigaki is part of the Sakishima Islands, Okinawa’s southernmost island group, and only a few hundred kilometers from Taiwan. The islands would be crucial for supporting Taiwan in the event of a ...

The Japanese military said the two Chinese military aircraft headed toward waters in the Philippine Sea south of the ...

Another group of Chinese warships, including Type 052D destroyer CNS Shaoxing and Type 054A frigate CNS Xuzhou, circumnavigated the Sakishima Islands from October 9 to Tuesday. The islands are ...