U.S. President Donald Trump discussed cooperating with Japan on developing technology for his planned Golden Dome missile defence shield during a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily ...

A Defense Ministry panel is set to propose that the government consider raising defense spending beyond the current goal of 2 percent of gross domestic product, sources close to the matter said. In a ...

Iranian state television said the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was dead after an Israeli attack early Friday. The report offered few other details about what happened to Gen Hossein ...

A Chinese military aircraft had a near miss with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane over the high seas in the Pacific, flying just 45 meters away after taking off from a moving aircraft ...

Japan and the United States have "yet to find common ground" on tariff issues, Tokyo's top negotiator said Friday, indicating that there remain many differences between the sides, but they still aim ...

Discontent is growing in the Tokyo metropolitan area due to proposals to construct giant data centers in residential areas, with industry groups working to smooth relations between locals concerned ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc, whose nuclear reactors have remained offline since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, plans to revise its strategy for restarting reactors in central Japan, ...

FILE PHOTO: A guard looks at Islamic State fighters through bars at al-Sina'a prison in Hasakah, Syria, January 18, 2025. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo Image: Reuters/Orhan Qereman world Islamic ...

Japan logged a 637.61 billion yen ($4.38 billion) trade deficit in May, with auto-related shipments to the United States plunging, possibly affected by higher tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump ...

A Japanese court overturned a 13.3 trillion yen damages verdict on Friday against ex-bosses of the operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, thought to be the largest such award ever ...

kohakuebisu June 8 08:26 am JST The overflowing in Noto problem may be septic tanks cracking and filling with rain, not just overuse. Septic tanks are still extremely common in rural areas. If you are ...