Tokyo (CNN) — Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has prompted the creation of a new task force, as competition for ...

When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass. This mountainous region ...

On an Air Force base in northern Japan, a newly formed squadron of bomb builders has begun assembling munitions in anticipation of a new era in regional airpower. Activated on June 17, the 35th ...

Philippine Marines and Republic of Korea special reconnaissance Marines load into a combat rubber raiding craft during training with U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine ...

F-35A Lightning II aircraft prior to a sortie during Exercise ‘Bushido Guardian 2025' at Misawa Air Base in Japan. (LACW Paris Rigney/Commonwealth of Australia) A trilateral air exercise in Japan ...

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — Okinawa’s prefectural government lodged formal protests Friday with Japanese and U.S. authorities following a Marine’s indictment in an alleged sexual assault — the fourth such ...

Japan’s 20 July 2025 Upper House election saw the nationalist Sanseito secure 14 new seats, turning long-ignored voters into a political force. Mobilising the politically disengaged, especially the ...

Japan—a key United States ally—sent its air force to North America and Europe to strengthen cooperation with NATO amid threats from Russia, China and North Korea. Newsweek has emailed the Russian and ...

The defense agreement seeking to expand and strenghten security cooperation between the Philippines and Japan through joint military drills and other activities will enter into force on September 11, ...