Sanae Takaichi, Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, is an unabashedly conservative icon of Japanese politics.

In this photo provided by Japan’s Ministry of Defense, a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber, center, is seen close to a YS-11EB electronic-intelligence aircraft, partly seen at left, of the Japan Air ...

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces significant foreign policy challenges just days after taking office ...

China has lodged a protest with Japan after Tokyo reportedly asked foreign leaders not to attend next month's parade in Beijing to mark the end of World War II. Citing anonymous diplomatic sources, ...

Key Points and Summary - China’s scripted coast-guard incursions around the Senkaku Islands aim to normalize control through mass and proximity. -But Japan has reorganized for rapid joint action, ...

Japan plans to deploy upgraded long-range missiles on its southernmost main island by spring as it continues to bolster defenses in the Nansei Islands, according to local media. The Japan Ground ...

The joint operations between China and Russia combined with threats coming from North Korea pose the greatest threat to global order since World War II, Japan’s defense ministry said in a new document ...

BENXI, China — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a ...

The recent 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II inspired multiple publications on how Japan remembers its wartime history. However, there has been less said about the ...

A Newsweek map illustrates Japan's planned deployment of its new long-range missiles to deter and defend against potential attacks from its main adversaries, China and North Korea. Newsweek has ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has demanded China stop flying its fighter jets abnormally close to Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft, which it said was happening repeatedly and could cause a collision.