In July 1945, eight American submariners from USS Barb secretly landed on Japanese soil to destroy a military train. Led by ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have met four times in about six months as ...

Insights from Tokyo’s handling of the Iraq War could help Japan navigate the current demands from the United States regarding ...

Demonstrators are opposed to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s efforts to build up military power and move the country away ...

Japan has reported its economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the January-March quarter. Government data released ...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - Japanese vehicle exports to the Middle East were nearly wiped out in April, ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, he says, ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan has addressed a 69-year-old gap in its self-defense measures by creating a process that gives the Ministry of Defense control of the coast guard in the event of a war. The ...

Japan’s decision to send combat troops to the Philippines for the first time since World War II and participate in a ship-sinking drill in the South China Sea this week underscores Tokyo’s rising ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the first quarter, though ...

On June 1, about 220 descendants of the war dead in Japan embarked on an 11-day voyage through the Taiwan Strait to the Philippines to offer prayers for relatives who died at sea during World War II. ...

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (front L) visits a set of remote islands called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, east of Seoul August 10, 2012. Lee visited the islands on Friday, ...