Milwaukee Independent2d
Fear roils the tiny Japanese island sitting on the front lines of a potential clash with China over Taiwan
In August, a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane briefly violated Japanese airspace off the southern main island of Kyushu, ...
Stars and Stripes3d
Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette14d
Military growth stresses Japanese island’s locals
YONAGUNI, Japan -- This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill.
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Japanese descendants of former Iwo Jima residents yearn to live on WWII island
The descendants of fishermen and farmers evacuated from Iwo Jima shortly before it became ... the issue has not attracted much attention in the Japanese media and there has been little support ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette14d
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Fortune15d
Japan’s economy grew by just 0.1% last year, despite strong exports in the final quarter
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The tiny Japanese island militarizing on Taiwan's doorstep
YONAGUNI, Japan - This tiny island on Japan's western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill. But the wooded ...
Air Force Times15d
The tiny Japanese island militarizing on Taiwan’s doorstep
A general view of a fishing port at Kubura village on Yonaguni, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier on Feb. 14. (Ayaka McGill/AP) YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan’s western ...
Mississippi Valley Publishing16d
Remembering Iwo Jima
Yes, this is the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima. This island was critical in the war against fanatic Japanese. Victory took over five weeks – Feb. 19-March 26. The cost taken ...
Tallahassee Democrat17d
80 years later, Monticello remembers 'Boots' Thomas, hero behind the first Iwo Jima flag
shared insights on the brutal nature of the Battle of Iwo Jima and the moment Thomas was killed just eight days after the flag raising. “The Japanese were extremely good shots, and they took ...
The Taipei Times17d
On the front line
But the wooded mountain ranges now carry radar sites. A southern cattle ranch has been replaced with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force’s Camp Yonaguni. Japan and its ally, the US, hold joint ...