Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a ...
Rising threats are prompting some politicians in Japan, the only nation attacked with nuclear weapons, to reconsider its ...
Governments throughout East Asia and the rest of the international system are increasingly agitated about media reports alleging that an anonymous source in the ...
Beijing’s reaction was predictably harsh. It threatened that Tokyo’s intervention would end in a “crushing defeat ,” warned ...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in ...
In Japan, the giving of gifts between friends isn’t just a token of appreciation; it’s a solemn ceremony. So you know that when they do it on a national scale, the results are going to be impressive.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have an abysmal approval rating back home, but he’s the man of the hour in Washington. The Japanese premier is spending a few days in Washington for talks ...
Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the crumbling seawall around the ...