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 China Coast Guard (CCG) also set a record for the number of vessels operating in the waters around the ...

The islands have been a source of a longstanding territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea. The map in question shows Japanese territory in yellow and Korean territory in pink. The ...

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 ...