Type 03 Chu-SAM surface-to-air missiles are set to be deployed on Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, 110 kilometers (68 miles) from Taiwan. Yonaguni is part of Okinawa Prefecture and the ...

Yonaguni Island lies in a seismically active region ... and what is now the ocean floor would have been dry land. If the monument is man-made, it could have been built during this period before ...

YONAGUNI, Okinawa Prefecture--Defense Minister ... islands are expected to evacuate by boat or aircraft to Ishigakijima island and then head to Kyushu. “Islanders will need to evacuate.

A new buoy was recently detected inside Japan's exclusive economic zone, south of Okinawa Prefecture's Yonaguni Island. Japan's Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi demanded that China immediately ...

While the political implications of this voyage are undoubtedly important, three significant military trends related to Yonaguni Island have long been overlooked.

In December, Japan detected another buoy near Yonaguni Island and demanded its removal. But Beijing, citing "meteorological purposes", has refused to comply. According to the Asahi report on Wednesday ...