Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry ...

Both China and North Korea, which pose threats to Japan, have claimed to have tested and deployed hypersonic missiles.

A hawkish member of Japan's ruling party on Wednesday came under fire for his statement that descriptions at a war memorial ...

The Tanigumi Dance is an important tradition and part of Japan's cultural heritage. For the first time in its 800-year ...

Nearly 80 years after a devastating fire tore through a Japanese military prison during World War II, a Defense Department ...

A Self-Defence Force training aircraft crashed after taking off from a military base in central Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday, declining to elaborate further.

The range lies adjacent to the service’s Camp Shizunai. It has the largest restricted water area available for use by the ...

In April, 2024, two SH-60K navy reconnaissance helicopters crashed during nighttime anti-submarine training near Torishima island, about 600 kilometers south of Tokyo, leaving all eight crewmembers ...

Japanese Princess Kako will visit Brazil in June for the 130th anniversary of Japan-Brazil diplomatic relations.

A large fire broke out at a chemical plant in Japan on 21 April, causing an evacuation. The incident happened at an ...

Pakistan is accused of violating a cease-fire with India just hours after agreeing to halt hostilities on Saturday.

Japan has continued to roll out its 5.56×45 mm Type 20 assault rifle, with a new delivery to a Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...