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Yonaguni, Okinawa Pref. – Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost point, rises from the sea like a crown. With few sandy beaches, the island’s checkerboard coastline of green grass and black volcanic stone is ...

Swoop over the westernmost tip of Japan to the rugged shores of Yonaguni Island. The drone captures the dramatic limestone cliffs of Cape Irizaki and the wild horses grazing on emerald hillsides.

The Japanese government plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles on one of its remote western islands near Taiwan by March 2031, the nation’s defense minister said on Tuesday. It is the first time ...

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Surface-to-air missiles, which are capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles, will be located on Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island Japan will deploy missiles to a tiny island near ...

Japan plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles to its remote western island near Taiwan by March 2031, its defence minister said, as regional tensions simmer. It is the first time that Japan specified ...

TOKYO: Japan's government plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles on one of its remote western islands near Taiwan by March 2031, the country's defence minister said on Tuesday (Feb 24). It is the ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles in fiscal 2030 on Yonaguni -- an island about 110 kilometers from Taiwan -- Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said in ...