Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi eschewed “remorse” or “pledge never to wage war” in her war anniversary speech a year after her ...

Look up “yohai” in Kojien, one of Japan’s best-known and most authoritative dictionaries, and it defines the word as meaning ...

The National Police Agency said March 21 it will eliminate skirts from police uniform options starting in April and offer ...

CHIBA--Prefectural officials confirmed one more death on Aug. 16 in connection with the torrential rain that drenched Chiba Prefecture from the evening of Aug. 13 to early the next day, bringing the ...

DUBAI/CAIRO/GARDEN CITY, New York--Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat on ‌Saturday, while President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South ...

Four Cabinet members visited Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II, although Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away and prayed at another ...

A major earthquake that registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 rocked Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July 28, causing casualties, damaging or destroying infrastructure and disrupting ...

A new streamlined court process in Japan is helping victims of online defamation identify anonymous posters and has triggered ...

Domestic cultivation of fresh salmon and trout, species that are mainly imported to Japan, is rapidly increasing, ...

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more signs of ...

SEOU--South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Saturday for talks with ‌North Korea to pursue peaceful coexistence, ⁠saying Seoul would ⁠seek safeguards to prevent conflict and noting the need ⁠ ...