And then, camera in hand, Skerry dives between the ice floes into the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, bordering the Shiretoko Peninsula. Most people think of Japan as a compact collection of large ...

Newsweek has contacted the Japanese, Chinese and Russian ministries of defense for comment. The high level of activity in and over the seas surrounding Japan highlights the growing military ...

the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan yesterday ... but the Russian military has been active on an ongoing basis in areas surrounding Japan," he said. Tokyo has raised the issue of closeby ...

over the Sea of Japan, which has brought heavy snow in the past, is likely to flow in and dump heavy snow on the Hokuriku region and surrounding areas. The influence of a strong low pressure ...