I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...

Japan invaded a vast swath of China before World War II and colonized the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party still visited the shrine during ...

"With “SHIP SERVICE ___ NAVY” written on part of its front plate, this car is hypothesized to have been used for Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Captain Elliott Buckmaster, or other ship ...

Japan has unveiled a powerful new weapon capable of reaching speeds of 5,600mph. The cutting-edge railgun has been designed to intercept threats like hypersonic missiles and drone swarms, and ...

Moscow Calls Japanese Loan to Ukraine Backed by Frozen Russian Assets 'Theft' MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday accused Japan of treachery and complicity in theft after Tokyo last week signed ...

No one knows who the world's Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic Church. But for those watching attentively, there are sometimes hints ...

The Ashmore resident is one of Australia’s few remaining veterans of the 1939-1945 conflict and among the last to have directly witnessed the surrender of Japan ... World War II veteran Colin ...

"It is a well deserved win for Hitomi Wakamura and special that it comes as we mark our 20th anniversary year and that she was able to travel all the way from Japan to be with us and receive her ...

The number of elderly people in Japan surged by 20,000 from September 2023 to 36.25 million, accounting for a record high 29.3 percent of the population, government figures showed. The Ministry of ...

Asia Pacificcategory Japan, Vietnam pledge to support free trade as PM Ishiba visits Hanoi 5:38 AM UTC Asia Pacificcategory Malaysia court allows Attorney-General's application to appeal in jailed ...

Kate Orchard, who has died just short of her 103rd birthday, worked for the RAF in India during the Second World War. In 1942, together with two of her sisters, the 20-year-old Kate Hillier (as ...

Japanese cars have been selling well in the United States, but the recent tariffs are forcing companies to rethink their plans in a highly uncertain environment. Japanese carmakers retool ...