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 ...

Okunoshima is a small island off the coast of Hiroshima, Japan, now widely known for its large population of free-roaming rabbits. It was not always a peaceful destination. The island once hosted ...

Ōkunoshima is a small island in Japan's Inland Sea that's become a tourist destination for one reason: it's crawling with friendly rabbits. Hundreds of them. They hop up to visitors expecting snacks.

In 1929, the army began manufacturing chemical weapons, leading to the testing of poison gas on rabbits brought to the island. This sparked the belief that workers may have released these captive ...

An animal-cruelty suspect has indicated responsibility for the deaths of dozens of rabbits on Okunoshima island, a wartime ...

An island east of Hiroshima is a place to make friends with a population of nearly 1,000 wild rabbits. Otherwise known as Rabbit Island, Okuno-jima is home to a dark past. During World War II, this ...

A general view of a fishing port at Kubura village on Yonaguni, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier on Feb. 14. (Ayaka McGill/AP) YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier ...