The U.S. has appeared to pour cold water on the idea of Japan acquiring its own nukes, after a senior government official who advises Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security expressed a personal ...

TOKYO—In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters. It was also the last time the Bank of ...

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region. Friday's quake occurred off the east ...

TOKYO/WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian ...

A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, injuring more than two dozen people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people. The ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8, prompting warnings of a tsunami as high as 10-feet and triggering evacuation orders. The earthquake struck at 11:15 p.m. local time ...

Japanese officials issued tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for the country’s northeast coast on Monday after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck 80 kilometers off the coast at 11:15 P.M. local ...

Japan's new prime minister has vowed to "work, work, work," even on two hours of sleep. Critics warn her stance could revive toxic overtime culture and reverse progress on reducing deaths from ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Japan “crossed a red line” with comments by its new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. Remarks earlier this ...

TAKAICHI SANAE was bound to rile China sooner rather than later. Japan’s new prime minister (pictured) is an outspoken nationalist with a reputation as a China hawk. As it turned out, it took less ...

The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Government of Japan, represented by the Cabinet Office of Japan for the purposes of ...

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and ...