The Ryukyu Islands are divided into three major island groups: Okinawa Islands, the Miyako Islands, and the Yaeyama Islands. Photograph by Ippei Naoi, Getty Images As the legend goes, Japan’s Ryukyu ...

Chinese warships and aircraft passed through a key waterway in Japan’s southern islands as U.S. and Japanese forces staged their largest-ever joint exercise, Japan’s military said. The Japan Maritime ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan’s navy stayed on alert after a flotilla of Russian and Chinese warships transited a key maritime thoroughfare in the southern island chain last week, according to Japan’s ...

A Russian Navy surveillance ship made a nine-day cruise in the vicinity of Japan’s southwest islands approaching as close as 12 nautical miles from the coastline, according to a Monday release by ...