The decision may draw criticism from many members of the public and Komeito, with both calling for the abolition of nuclear ...

Japan has long-standing territorial disputes with both China and Russia, leading to multiple standoffs over islands.

The Japanese government will not participate as an observer in a conference of the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons, which ...

The Japanese government will not participate in next month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. nuclear ban treaty in New ...

Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said that Tokyo will not send an observer to attend the UN-based third nuclear prohibition meeting. The government was urged many times to attend the meeting as ...

Japan will not participate as an observer in the third meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in New York in March, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday. The ...

A Japanese court has convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan’s former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, according to local me ...

Japan will begin mass production of its enhanced Type 12 surface-to-ship missile (SSM) earlier than projected and has ...

Here is a look at what the latest change is about and why Japan is rapidly easing weapons export rules. On Tuesday, the Cabinet approved a revision to its guidelines for selling defense equipment ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is hoping for reassurances Friday that the alliance is still strong. But in this White House, ...