Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.
Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...
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Stress and fear roil a tiny, rapidly militarizing Japanese island near Taiwan
YONAGUNI, Okinawa Prefecture--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.
Paradise Turned Frontline: How Japan’s Yonaguni Island Became a Fortress Amid Chinese Threats
The island's militarization has divided residents—some welcome the economic boost, while others fear losing Yonaguni’s peaceful identity. The region has witnessed Chinese military provocations, ...
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The tiny Japanese island militarizing on Taiwan’s doorstep
Rear Adm. Takuhiro Hiragi, commander of Fleet Air Wing 5 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, says his group’s mission is to fly P-3C aircraft over the East China Sea near Okinawa and its remote ...
The Independent21d
The quiet island paradise at the frontline of Chinese aggression over Taiwan
because all of Japan would be in danger if Okinawa is dragged into fighting. “I just hope the money will be spent on policies that will help the people in Yonaguni live peacefully.” ...
Volunteer discovers over a thousand World War II casualties’ remains which await identification
Takamatsu Gushiken has spent years voluntarily locating bodies, and fragments of bodies, of World War II victims in Japan ’s ...
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Japan to build shelters on isles near Taiwan in case of attack
The government disclosed guidelines for the construction of underground shelters on outlying islands in Okinawa Prefecture ... For example, Yonaguni town is only about 110 kilometers from Taiwan.
Japan on high alert as China ramps up activities near Taiwan
A Chinese buoy placed south of Yonaguni Island, Japan's westernmost point located just 111km from Taiwan, is now a simmering ...
Tiny island on the frontline
YONAGUNI, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier, has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution22d
Stress and fear roil a tiny, rapidly militarizing Japanese island near Taiwan
because all of Japan would be in danger if Okinawa is dragged into fighting. “I just hope the money will be spent on policies that will help the people in Yonaguni live peacefully.” ...