Five paddlers journeyed from Taiwan to Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island in 45 hours. Their efforts provide new insights into ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

And a distance of 110km from Taiwan to the nearest Ryukyu island, Yonaguni, was no joke for people without metalworking or sails. Yet they made it.

A trucker in his late 70s who can't afford to retire shares the big regret he made decades ago that may have changed his ...

Researchers recreated a prehistoric sea journey to understand how Paleolithic people made long-distance crossings using ...

The project was started bearing in mind a possible emergency over Taiwan in the Nansei southwestern island region.

Supporters of the theory say the Yonaguni formation, nicknamed “Japan’s Atlantis,” may be evidence of a forgotten civilization that predates the rise of agriculture — a concept that, if ...

The voyage in a log boat, with no sails, was possible if all the rowers were highly skilled and adjusted their course with ...

Yonaguni fisherfolk, who closely monitor foreign vessels, have been among the first to see the growing Chinese military activity. In 2022, several ballistic missiles China fired as part of an ...

In the waters surrounding Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island, an enigmatic structure rests beneath the waves. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, it has puzzled researchers since its discovery in 1986.

A file photo shows the Type 03 Ch-SAM missile system, which Japan plans to deploy on Yonaguni, an outlying island near Taiwan. Wikipedia. Nakatani also discussed the plan with Yonaguni mayor ...

On Yonaguni island, just 100km from Taiwan, Adam Withnall visits a community bracing in case history repeats itself. Japan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence ...