The Defense Ministry decides to deploy PAC-3 interceptor batteries to western Japan in case North Korea carries out its plan to fire warning missiles at Guam.

The head of China's air force has blasted a Japanese Defense Ministry white paper critical of Chinese military drills in and over waters near Japan, saying "the Sea of Japan is not Japan's sea." At a military event Thursday in the city of Changchun, People's ...

Japan's health insurance system is considered "universal," since it covers everyone in the country, but it is hardly "free" in the sense of having the government pay for everything with tax revenue. Anyone who lives in Japan must pay into the system according to their ...

Speculation grows that a vulnerable Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will call a Lower House election in October to keep the opposition camp in disarray while new parties emerge.

Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba is the public's top choice as Japan's next leader now that gaffes and scandals have damaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's image, a poll says. According to the poll, conducted by Jiji Press, 18.0 percent of the respondents chose ...

The man arrested in connection with two sisters whose bodies were found in the woods in Kanagawa Prefecture is served a fresh warrant for murder.

Chimpanzees can learn the rules of the rock, paper, scissors game through training, matching the intellectual ability of children 4 years old or older, researchers at Kyoto University have found. In a study that could shed light on the evolution of intellectual abilities in animals, ...

Japan will use spare helicopter parts to curry favor with the Philippines as China continues to aggressively press its claims in the South China Sea.

While Toshiba appears to have averted the risk of immediate delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange by submitting its annual financial results with sign-off by an auditor ahead of the deadline, the Japanese conglomerate's prospects of maintaining its listing remain far from certain. On Thursday, ...

A new breed of younger, business- and tech-savvy farmers is transforming Japan's shrinking agriculture sector with cutting-edge techniques and marketing strategies, giving new hope to an industry in slow decline. Hiroki Iwasa, a 40-year-old IT entrepreneur with an MBA, grows strawberries in seven high-tech greenhouses ...

China said it was "very displeased" after a U.S. Navy destroyer conducted a so-called freedom of navigation patrol (FONOP) within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea. The operation, which involved the Yokosuka, Kanagawa ...

Dutch police arrested two suspects on Thursday as part of an investigation into the illegal use of a potentially harmful insecticide in the poultry industry, the Dutch prosecution service said. Millions of chicken eggs have been pulled from European supermarket shelves as a result of ...

Given all the maritime capability that is needed in dealing with North Korea, it is clear the U.S. must continue to conduct exercises on the high seas.

The valid points in the fired Google worker's gender diversity manifesto shouldn't be drowned out by a chorus of condemnation.

A diplomat friend and I enjoy lunch at the Akasaka Capital Tokyu Hotel, in the governmental hub of Tokyo. As we part, he tips me off that there's a little-known footpath from the hotel, leading uphill to the Hie Shrine, one of Tokyo's most ...

Kenya Wakatsuki's two-run, fourth-inning double sparked a five-run inning as the Orix Buffaloes came from behind to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 8-4 on Friday night and knock them out of first place. "I hit it on the sweet spot. It's been so long ...

Antonio Conte is not happy. Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho are not happy. Arsene Wenger is reasonably happy and so is Mauricio Pochettino. The happiest of all the Premier League's heavyweight managers is Pep Guardiola. The 2017-18 season starts with differing moods among the men ...