The Japanese government is taking uncomfortable steps to prepare its citizens for a possible future war that its military ...

Scientists now have undertaken an experimental voyage across a stretch of the East China Sea, paddling from Ushibi in eastern ...

Researchers recreated a prehistoric sea journey to understand how Paleolithic people made long-distance crossings using ...

A research group in Japan has made a supercomputer simulation on how ancient people crossed the waters between Taiwan and the ...

The voyage in a log boat, with no sails, was possible if all the rowers were highly skilled and adjusted their course with ...

The Japanese government has two civilian shelter models in development. One is a short-term plan using reinforced existing ...

YONAGUNI, Japan (AP) — This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive ...

In the waters surrounding Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island, an enigmatic structure rests beneath the waves. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, it has puzzled researchers since its discovery in 1986.

Japan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence – and a wake-up call. On Yonaguni island, just 100km from Taiwan, Adam Withnall visits a community bracing in case ...

YONAGUNI, Japan (AP) — 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.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will set up the country's first long-stay evacuation shelters on an island near Taiwan by ...

A Japanese team has concluded that it was possible to travel from Taiwan to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in a ...