In Okinawa Prefecture, where a succession of key elections are to be held this year, it remains unclear how far the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito will go in joining forces. Cooperation between ...

We need to face reality that our island’s future for now, unfortunately, is being determined by the United States military.

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U.S. Marines and senior leaders assigned to III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and ...

The Japanese government cordons off waters near the Henoko base with orange buoys. A patrol vessel closes in and issues ...

Lying between China's northeastern Taiwan island and Japan's southwestern Kyushu are the Ryukyu Islands, an arc-shaped ...

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The government plans to present the goal of enhancing defense capabilities in the Pacific Ocean as one of the pillars of the three security documents to be revised this year, according to government ...

There is nothing perverse in the internal logic of Donald Trump when he speaks openly about acquiring Greenland. To Trump, ...