Elizabeth Palmer is CBS News' senior foreign correspondent. She is based in the CBS News London Bureau, and reports on major events across Europe and the Middle East. Palmer was previously based in ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The general in charge of the Marine Corps’ Indo-Pacific field command recently visited Ishigaki island for the first time, signaling U.S. resolve to defend Japan as it faces ...

There are a million ways to enjoy Ishigaki island, one of the many beautiful and interesting islands in Japan’s Ryukyu chain that stretches from Kyushu almost to Taiwan. Unlike most of the 55 islands ...

To the delight of astronomy fans around the country, the Ishigaki-Jima Astronomical Observatory, located on Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island, has added what it calls a Southern Cross “Monitor” to its website ...

Ishigaki Island is located about 400km southwest of Okinawa Prefecture's main island, surrounded by a sea of coral reefs. 50,000 people live on the island. Once, many came to the island in search of a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

TripAdvisor recently listed out its top destinations on the rise in 2018, and the entry coming in at number one was a surprise. Ishigaki Island is the most populated and second-largest of the Yaeyama ...