NPR

On Japan's Yonaguni island, fears of being on the front line of a Taiwan conflict

YONAGUNI ISLAND, Japan — For years it was known as the "Two Gun" island – one gun for each of the two policemen stationed here. Yonaguni, Japan's most westerly island, can feel like a peaceful ...
Yahoo

Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A remote Japanese island inadvertently found itself in the crosshairs of China-Taiwan tensions. Less than 100 miles from Taiwan's ...
The Guardian

The quiet Japanese island paradise on the frontline of growing Taiwan-China tensions

Yonaguni is a tourist hotspot – but its location just 100km from Taiwan means residents must wrestle with the creeping militarisation of their home In the minds of many Japanese people, Yonaguni is a ...
Stars and Stripes

Japan plans surface-to-air missiles on island east of Taiwan

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan plans to site surface-to-air missiles on Taiwan’s doorstep in a move to shore up defenses in the Nansei Island chain, a defense official said Wednesday. The Defense ...
Nikkei Asia

Yonaguni: Is island on frontline of China-Taiwan tensions prepared?

NAHA, Japan -- With China continuing military drills around Taiwan, Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited Japanese island and the closest to Taiwan, has been unavoidably exposed to the rising tensions ...