Sea of Japan News

The tiny landmass of Okinoshima is permanently manned by a Shinto priest who prays to the island's goddess, in a tradition that has been kept up for centuries.

 US Pacific Command (PACOM) said the missile was fired near Wonsan and was tracked for six minutes until it landed in the Sea of Japan.

The European Council on Thursday expanded its sanctions against North Korea including prohibition on investments in the country following its recent missile tests.

The United States will continue to build its military defenses against North Korea, Donald Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday, pledging all options are on the table.

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, in what analysts said was a warning ahead of a China-US summit at which Pyongyang`s accelerating atomic weapons programme is set to top the agenda.

The Sea of Japan is a strategic waterway bordered by Japan, Russia, South Korea and North Korea.

The United States warned it was prepared to defend "ourselves and our allies" after North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan.

A Russian yacht has been detained by North Korean coastguards in the Sea of Japan with five crew on board and towed in to land, Russian officials said Saturday.

North Korea on Saturday tested what appeared to be a submarine launched ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean defence ministry said.

South Korea on Friday protested Tokyo`s approval of updated high school textbooks that identify a cluster of small, Korean-controlled islets as part of Japanese territory.