In the last survey released in 1987, geographers counted islands with a coastline of 100 meters or longer on paper maps, according to the Japan Coast Guard, the author of the survey. The previous ...

The Japanese government formally obtains control of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands. Japan asserts the islands were not owned by anyone prior to their occupation while China maintains it has ...

Eldridge said he believed that Washington's decision to stop using the islands for military exercises damaged the US-Japan security alliance and undermined Tokyo's faith in its partner ...