In the first such operation during peacetime since the national security laws were changed, Japan will dispatch the Izumo, its biggest warship, to protect a U.S. supply ship.
A survey finds supporters slightly outnumber opponents over whether to amend Japan’s war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution.
A mother and daughter file a damages suit against a business which claimed it could help socially withdrawn people.
Over 600 tons of spent nuclear fuel stored at seven reactors have no fixed transfer destinations — something which may affect the decommissioning of the plants.
A special exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary on Wednesday of the enforcement of the nation’s Constitution is being presented at the National Archives of Japan in Tokyo. It features the original copy of Japan’s supreme charter. The original document is signed by Emperor Hirohito, ...
After more than three months in office without passing any major legislation, President Donald Trump faces a week that offers the possibility of averting a government shutdown and progress on health care. Trump has spent his first 100 days coming to terms with the ...
Tokyo Electric said Friday that it stayed in the black in fiscal 2016 for the fourth consecutive year thanks to cost-cutting efforts after the 2011 triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. But the beleaguered utility, which is effectively under state ...
Harukyo Nomura never saw her ball land on the 18th green while playing the hole for the sixth straight time in a playoff. She heard the cheers though. After her approach to 12 feet, Nomura almost made an eagle before a tap-in birdie and ...
On April 19, the Lower House of the Diet unanimously passed a revision to the Safety Net Law. The revision creates a new system that will register vacant properties with local governments and, ideally, these properties will be renovated and then rented out to ...
Once again, Salone del Mobile Milano, the world's largest furniture and interiors trade fair, provides a platform for some of Japan's most innovative ideas on both practical and conceptual design.
But for this man and his team, the Fukushima disaster would likely have been much worse.
China's military developments are incompatible with its claim to a "peaceful rise" and its argument that its military buildup is aimed at self-defense.
The government is trying to limit the power of residents to use the courts to demand accountability of their municipal and prefectural leaders.
India's scarce naval resources have not been used wisely to counter the growing threat from China.
The need for constant adjustment to Trump's policy flip-flops will only stoke greater anxiety among America's allies and partners, who now run the risk that their core interests will be used as bargaining chips.
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