At the Tokyo Wan Vessel Traffic Service Center, four teams of 20 marine traffic controllers monitor the hundreds of vessels ...

Japanese authorities said Friday that they seized a Chinese fishing boat off the Nagasaki coast after its captain refused to stop for an inspection.

Japan Coast Guard personnel have put on a training session for officials from a group of Southeast Asian countries. The aim was to enhance their capabilities in tracking and monitoring suspicious ...

Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japan’s territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands for the second time this ...

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region. Friday's quake occurred off the east ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hitoshi Nakama, a fisherman and local councilor in Ishigaki who has been fishing around a group of disputed islands called Senkaku ...

A powerful offshore earthquake has rattled northern Japan, sending tsunami waves toward the Pacific coastline and jolting coastal communities into late night evacuations. The tremor, measured at ...

Large parts of Japan especially along the Sea of Japan coast remain in the grips of a strong winter pressure pattern that is dumping heavy snow. A heavy snow alert is issued for Tottori and Fukui ...