High-quality coal was discovered on Hashima about 1810. In the island’s heyday, about 5300 people lived there, making it the most densely populated island in Japan. Within the 1.2km-long ...

On a remote volcanic island south of Kyushu, Japan’s ambitious plan to build a cutting-edge military airbase has stalled. Mageshima, once a sleepy footnote of wartime history, was supposed to be ...

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Sakurajima volcano erupted, sending an ash cloud 1,100 meters into the sky in Japan. Officials said the explosive eruption ...

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

TAKEHARA, Hiroshima Prefecture—An animal-cruelty suspect has indicated responsibility for the deaths of dozens of rabbits on Okunoshima island, a wartime weapons production site that is now a ...

Residents’ fears are growing on Ishigakijima island in ... largest held in Japan. During the exercise, the GSDF flew its Osprey transport aircraft to the civilian Ishigaki Airport for the ...

A passenger plane caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea late Tuesday, but all 176 people on board were safely evacuated, authorities said. The Airbus plane operated by South Korean ...

The suspect in a case involving the death of a 37-year-old woman on a remote Tokyo island has told police investigators that the victim died by suicide, people familiar with the investigation said ...

The world's biggest iceberg — more than twice the size of London — could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals.