Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts will open its first hotel in Japan on April 3, 2025. Founded in New York in 1893, Waldorf Astoria is part of the Hilton family of brands, with 34 hotels across the ...

Most of the world went into lockdowns in March 2020 response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but what has been the impact in those ...

The Japan Times reported that this is the country’s largest wildfire since at least 1992, when a blaze burned nearly 1,000 hectares (2500 acres) on the northern island of Hokkaido. The disaster ...

A nonfatal crash in October of a Japanese army tilt-rotor aircraft Osprey during a joint exercise with the U.S. military on the island also caused apprehension. Japan's air and maritime forces in ...

Historians say the army sacrificed Okinawa to defend Japan’s mainland. Today Okinawa 's main island hosts more than half of the 50,000 American troops in Japan. "Being at the center of this ...

Japan and its ally, the United States, hold joint military exercises in Yonaguni, western Japan. A southern cattle ranch has been replaced with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force’s Camp. The ...

A Chinese reconnaissance and attack drone was spotted for the first time flying near Japan, as Beijing continues to ramp up aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific. The GJ-2 unmanned aerial vehicle ...

A general view of a fishing port at Kubura village on Yonaguni, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ayaka McGill) ...

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a Japanese archipelago that includes Okinawa. Alongside diplomatic protests against the Chinese warships’ movements, Tokyo has bolstered its forces and infrastructure on the island chain.

A Korean Jin Air airplane bound for Japan's Okinawa returned to its departure ... to the airport but had to circle over nearby Geoje Island to burn fuel due to weight limits for landing planes.

Under the agreement, 9,000 Marines — just under half the force currently on the island ... Japan to agree on shrinking the American bases, which were built after the United States stormed ...