With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart. By Keith Bradsher and River ...

Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has earned a reputation as a hardliner on immigration, an image that helped propel her to power amid rising nationalist sentiment and debate over Japan’s ...

The authorities in Toyoake, Japan, introduced a rule limiting the use of digital devices to two hours per day outside of work and school. Some residents say it is an overreach. High schoolers in ...

The production of knives flourished in Sakai due to the rich history of traditional metal processing techniques. Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images Eighty-five-year-old Etsuro Ikegami wipes the ...

World War II, true to its name, was fought across many fronts, with battles raging around the world over land, sea, and air. In the Pacific theater, especially, the Japanese and Allied military fought ...

A post from a car importer, later deleted, teased that a Forza dev was capturing one of its kei cars for the next Horizon game. An Australian car importeur might have leaked Japan as the next 'Forza ...

Japanese American groups criticized the construction of a new immigrant detention center in Texas at a military base that was used during World War II to imprison people of Japanese descent. The ...

Walking through the streets of Osaka at twilight is an experience for all the senses. Among the sparkling neon lights of Dotonbori Canal, the scent of freshly fried okonomiyaki (savory Japanese ...

Surprisingly, many of the countries that today have the strictest drug policies also hide a history where those same substances were of great cultural significance. For example, Japan once boasted a ...

BRP Jose Rizal conducts exercises with two Japan Maritime Self-Defense ships. Philippine Navy Photo A defense pact between Manila and Tokyo will go into effect next month, furthering a new phase of ...

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