TOKYO - New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart General Nakatani agreed in a phone call on Jan 31 to continue efforts to strengthen the countries’ alliance, Tokyo ...

Japan and the United States are in the final stage of planning for a meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and ...

Japan will continue to strengthen its defence capabilities given the security situation in East Asia, Japan's foreign ...

As Donald Trump re-enters the presidential office, the durability of these efforts will be tested, with his administration ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will be the first senior Japanese official to meet members of the incoming president's ...

A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as the rescue operation of the driver has dragged on for days ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald ...

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality perspecti ...

China’s relations aren’t improving with every U.S. partner. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has aggressively ...

The 3% reading in December is the highest inflation rate since August 2023, and boosts the case for a rate hike from the Bank of Japan. The headline inflation rate in Japan came in at 3.6% ...

The Washington Nationals signed Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara despite his losing record. General Manager Mike Rizzo believes the lefty is “big league ready.” ...