China, for its part, has hardened its posture on sovereignty disputes in the East and South China Seas, demonstrating a ...

Japan is facing its most complex security environment in generations, pointing to Russia, China, North Korea and uncertainty ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, leaves after a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec 17, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] The Taiwan question, for Japan, is a distraction ...

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 ...

Niigata assembly votes to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant Watershed moment in Japan's pivot back to nuclear energy Japan idled all reactors after 2011 Fukushima disaster Many residents ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in 30 years, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero ...

China's top diplomat on Tuesday again slammed Japanese prime minister's erroneous remarks related to Taiwan, saying the incumbent Japanese leader "openly challenged China's territorial sovereignty, ...

“For nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with malice.” This month China’s armed forces released these verses on social ...

Xi’s invocation of tributary history is less a claim over sovereignty than it is an attack on the U.S.-Japan alliance. On June 4, 2023, Xi Jinping visited a national archive in Beijing where he ...

One of TV's longest-running reality competitions is gearing up for a major milestone. The 50th season of "Survivor," which features a fan-favorite lineup of returning players, will premiere on Feb. 25 ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled soaring Japanese tensions with China “preexisting,” reiterating the White House stance that Washington will work to balance relations with allied Tokyo and ...