The Japanese archipelago comprises four main islands, several hundred smaller populated islands and many more uninhabited islets. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines an ...

Responding to questions in the Japanese parliament, Shigeru Ishiba said that "the issue of ownership of the four islands is central to negotiations on a peace treaty with Russia" TOKYO ...

Perhaps you'll find a friend in Shikoku's introspective soul. Shikoku is the smallest of Japan's four main islands, but it delivers big on opportunities to get to know Japan's spiritual side and ...

At a culinary retreat on the Japanese island of Kyushu, seasonal flavors are in full bloom. Steam rolled off the ...

Featuring beech, oak, maple, and Japanese rowan trees ... Nishinoshima is a remote sanctuary and part of a group of four islands called the Oki Islands. To reach this island, set off from ...

China accused of ‘two-faced diplomacy’ after entering Japanese waters following high-level talks - Chinese vessels make ...

On June 4, 1942, at nearly the same time the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor, American and Japanese forces converged on Midway Island to fight the battle which would be seen later as the turning ...