The Environment Ministry said results of a survey show accelerated coral bleaching taking place in the Sekiseishoko area — due chiefly to rising ocean temperatures.
Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui is urging Taiwan and Japan to develop a new model for bilateral exchanges based on cooperation between Taiwan and the Okinawa island of Ishigaki. Describing Taiwan as Japan's "lifeline," Lee said Sunday that Taiwan and Japan are linked by fate ...
It was a long fight for Yoko Gushiken to find life after boxing. Or rather, to find his life was all about boxing, after all. It took his induction last month into the International Boxing Hall of Fame — an honor only two other Japanese ...
In his 1926 story, "The Man Who Loved Islands," D.H. Lawrence wrote, "Isolate yourself on a little island in the sea of space, and the moment begins to heave and expand in great circles, the solid earth is gone, and your slippery, naked dark ...
Following a request by the central government, the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture has agreed to call off an aerial survey of the Senkaku Islands, which fall under its jurisdiction.
The city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, which has jurisdiction over the Senkaku Islands, is considering conducting environmental research this summer on the disputed islets from the air using a chartered aircraft, sources said Monday. The research to study the environment and ecosystem of the uninhabited ...
The ongoing renovation of "ishigaki" stone walls surrounding Nagoya Castle has gotten into full swing, with a 123-meter stretch of the 15-meter-high stone wall being removed so far. In one of the country's largest such renovation projects and the first at Nagoya Castle in 300 ...
The Defense Ministry may have to abandon a plan to station a Ground Self-Defense Force coastal monitoring unit on Okinawa's Yonaguni Island because negotiations with the town over the price of land have deadlocked. "If the current situation continues, we have no choice but to ...
