The atrocities committed by the Japanese military - including massacres, sexual violence, bacteriological warfare, and ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is leveraging her ties to Mr. Abe, the slain Japanese leader, as she pushes to reshape defense ...

The yen has slumped to a 40-year low after Japan posted a larger-than-expected trade deficit, prompting speculation that the ...

A People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer conducted a small caliber live-fire drill on Sunday within Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone near Okinotori Island, the archipelago country’s southernmost ...

The Japanese Diet on July 17, 2026, adopted a flag desecration law that criminalizes damaging Japan’s national flag, a ...

A US-brokered agreement should see Israeli troops pulling out of a small part of Lebanon occupied during their conflict with ...

From rigged medical school admissions to norms mandating heels for women in workplaces, Shoko Kawata’s leave has reopened a ...

The mayor of a small ​Japanese city became the first sitting mayor in the country to take maternity leave on Monday, a decision that ‌has drawn some criticism at home and attracted international media ...

Human Rights Watch (headquartered in New York City; founded in 1978) is an international human rights organization that ...

The new XEC-2 SOJ, which first flew in March 2026, has now started operational flight testing with the JASDF’s Air ...

The new law is part of a campaign by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, to build a more patriotic and ...

Tokyo Marathon 2027 celebrates 20 years with 40,000 runners, a record prize purse, a special medal, and a Blue Impulse air ...