Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destination ...
A remote Japanese island inadvertently found itself in the crosshairs of China-Taiwan tensions. Less than 100 miles from Taiwan's capital, Japan's westernmost island has rapidly militarized. China's ...
An island east of Hiroshima is a place to make friends with a population of nearly 1,000 wild rabbits. Otherwise known as Rabbit Island, Okuno-jima is home to a dark past. During World War II, this ...
Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...
YONAGUNI, Japan — 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. But the wooded ...
A general view of a fishing port at Kubura village on Yonaguni, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier on Feb. 14. (Ayaka McGill/AP) YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier ...