Countries backing the International Criminal Court (ICC), including Japan, blasted and called for the immediate withdrawal of ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is developing an AI-powered robot dog designed to help elderly people live independently at ...

The Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians’ Union, a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, is arranging for its young members to visit China in September to explore ways to restore bilateral ...

A rare convergence of two typhoons could wreak havoc with the weather across Japan over the weekend as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of the possibility of more typhoons this summer. The JMA ...

Record-setting torrential rain has hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture and western Toyama Prefecture on Aug. 27, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue its highest emergency warning ...

The Defense Ministry is gunning for its largest budget ever in its initial budget request of about 8.9 trillion yen ($56.1 billion) for fiscal 2027. This figure is expected to balloon further before ...

Sanae Takaichi, the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, plans to appoint party election rival Toshimitsu Motegi as foreign minister after she becomes prime minister, a source close ...

Unusually early outbreaks of influenza are forcing some schools around the country to close right after the end of the summer break. “I thought the flu was a winter illness,” said a 43-year-old mother ...

SEOUL—South Korea and ⁠the United States will conduct major joint military drills from August 17 to 27, incorporating exercises to counter drones, GPS disruption and cyberattacks as they ‌adapt to ...

Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887-1957), the Japanese foreign minister who co-signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the ...

The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, according to US officials and ...

HIROSHIMA--Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stopped short of ruling out future revisions to Japan’s non-nuclear weapons policy during her visit here for the Aug. 6 peace memorial ceremony, choosing to ...