The government plans to present the goal of enhancing defense capabilities in the Pacific Ocean as one of the pillars of the three security documents to be revised this year, according to government ...

Takaichi was silent on when she would call an election during an interview with NHK recorded on Thursday and aired on Sunday.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may call an early general election, the head of her party's coalition partner said on Sunday, after media reported she was considering a February vote. It would ...

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically drew to a close ...

Screenshot of a TBS report. Japan is set to launch the world’s first experimental extraction of so-called “rare earth mud” within i ...

Asia’s technology stocks began 2026 on a tear, with investors betting their momentum and outperformance against US peers will ...

A US horror show that is playing out in real time is taking turns that are darker and darker from the point of view of not ...

Also part of the equation this week: China's visible pivot to another regional neighbor, South Korea, whose president spent ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering calling a general election in the coming weeks to capitalize on strong public support for her government, media reports said yesterday. Takaichi ...

A number of Chinese state-owned companies have notified their Japanese partners of their intention to terminate new contracts for the supply of rare earths. The possibility of termination of existing ...

China’s access to Japan’s coveted industrial-use goods – especially a critical chipmaking ingredient – may face hurdles if ...

Analysts hold out little hope that security pressures will ease, given US insistence that regional allies boost first island ...