Ishigaki Island, also known as Ishigakijima, is a Japanese island south-west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is located approximately 411 kilometers south-west of Okinawa Hontō. It is within the City of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture. The city functions as the business and transport center of the archipelago. The island is served by New Ishigaki Airport, the largest airport in the Yaeyamas. Read More
The first pilot trip of Japanese tourists to the contested Kuril Islands, which was planned for October 11-16, has been postponed until late October-early November, the Consulate General of Japan in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk told Sputnik on Wednesday. ...
Round of 16 action at the 2019 China Open ended with the defending men's singles champion crashing out, while other top seeds moved into the quarterfinals. ...
Nippori district in Tokyo is famous not only among Japanese females but also foreigners, especially who love to pay a visit to the dozens of cloth shops that sell expensive Japanese silk fabrics and traditional kimono robes. ...
One of the world's deadliest species of fungi, the Poison Fire Coral, has been identified growing in Australia for the first time, with a specimen appearing in Queensland state. ...
North Korea may have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a move that came just hours after Pyongyang said it would resume nuclear talks with the US, reports said. ...
North Korea on Wednesday test-launched two ballistic missiles, one of which may have been fired from a submarine before falling into waters belonging to Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to sources in Seoul and Tokyo. ...
North Korea on Wednesday carried out the test launch of several short-range projectiles, one of which fell within waters belonging to Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to sources in Seoul and Tokyo. ...
