Leaving Japan to fend for itself would be an end to the U.S.-Japanese Mutual Defense Treaty.

That study concerned breeding by short-tailed albatross on the Senkaku Islands ... satellite photos and maps to describe in detail Uotsurishima, the largest of the islands. The report states ...

The waters around Diaoyu Islands, which Japan calls the Senkaku Islands, are disputed and claimed by both China and Japan. The two sides have faced off in the waters, deploying patrol boats and ...