Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost island, is located just shy of 100 miles from the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, making it a strategic frontline outpost for Japan and allies like the US. In a reminder of ...

YONAGUNI, Japan (AP) — This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no convenience store. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill.

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All of the buildup has cemented the island’s as a front line in a potential clash over Taiwan. Kyoko Yamaguchi, left, Fumie Kano, center, and Takako Ueno, who oppose the presence of the Japan ...

“As a child, I was so proud of this westernmost border island,” said Fumie Kano, an innkeeper on Yonaguni. “But recently, we are repeatedly told this place is dangerous, and I feel so sad.

It conducted a circuit before turning back and passing between Yonaguni Island and Taiwan again to return to the East China Sea. A map included in the release showed the UAV conducting its circuit ...

Among other demands Iwaya made were the removal of a buoy installed by Beijing within Japan's exclusive economic zone south of Yonaguni Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa and the early ...

Visitors look on the East China Sea next to the monument for Japan's westernmost point, from where Taiwanese mountains are visible a few times a year, on Yonaguni island, Japan's westernmost ...

However, they say the introduction to Yonaguni Island, Japan, was from Taiwan. They were unable to obtain DNA barcodes from Sri Lanka or the Philippines to assess the likely origins of these ...