Japanese and U.S. troops on Monday kicked off one of their largest joint exercises focusing on the defense of Japan’s ...

Twenty-six years since her previous posting to Japan, Corin Robertson has returned, this time as the British ...

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Fallout from the scandal-ridden farm minister’s resignation only a month after being appointed appears limited, as the ...

The Philippine government summoned the Chinese ambassador Monday to protest remarks it considered a threat to use force, ...

YOKOHAMA—Lawyer and political newcomer Atsumi Harasawa won the Oct. 18 Yokohama mayoral election that was called after her ...

Relaxing sanctions against an invading nation for the sake of an election in one’s own nation is an extremely self-centered ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency apologized Oct. 16 after issuing an emergency warning for an earthquake that was erroneously estimated as the most powerful in recorded history. “We issued an emergency ...

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is calling for the world to bolster the rules-based international order and reform the United Nations in the wake of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Senior Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces officials are expressing deep concerns that the SDF can keep up with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to rapidly expand Japan’s military ...