The Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) on June 8 conducted one of Japan's largest live-fire training exercises in Shizuoka ...

An explosion occurred Monday at the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, slightly ...

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TOKYO -- A new study found that almost 90% of workers in Japan still feel worried about work even after they go home. The ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced June 9 that the Tokai region in central Japan's Pacific Ocean side, as well as the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed Monday to build stable bilateral ...

Amid calls that Self-Defense Force members be honored at Tokyo's Yasukuni Jinja shrine if they die in war, some have ...

Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act that came into effect in June 2024, foreign nationals can ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator is arranging a visit to the United States later this week for a sixth round of ...

Records of crop thefts and crimes blamed on alcohol are among Edo-period (1603-1867) documents on display at a museum in this ...

Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.2 percent in January to March, revised up from the preliminary report but still ...

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