The notion of Japan as a “normal country” did not originally aim to negate pacifism. Rather, it emerged as a proactive ...

I love Tokyo. If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo would be it,' Anthony Bourdain once said. Young ...

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima ...

This shift hits at the core of China-Japan relations. It challenges Japan's acknowledgement of its wartime responsibilities ...

Japan did not win an Olympic figure skating medal until 1992 but it is now among the sport's world powers, with kids dreaming ...

First it was Mason Miller and now it's Yuki Matsui. San Diego's stacked bullpen will be getting international attention in ...

O n January 25th tearful crowds bade farewell to Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin pandas at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. Some 110,000 people ...

Japan restars a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

On January 23, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the Diet and called for a Lower House election on February 8.

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary ...

The BOJ also upgraded its GDP forecast for the 2025 fiscal year to 0.9%, and also raised its GDP projection for the 2026 ...

Japanese fans rushed to farewell the country’s last two pandas on Sunday ahead of their return to China, in a departure that ...