Japan has test-fired a missile on Japanese territory for the first time as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter China.

Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi on Friday refrained from commenting directly on U.S. President Donald Trump's rece ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Tuesday to set up a new command center within the Cabinet Secretariat early next week ...

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday, “Japan won’t do anything to sacrifice the agriculture ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, Japan's top government spokesperson said on Monday.

Donald Trump’s insistence that “spoiled” Japan imports more US rice is adding to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s problems ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi says that the amount of spending is less important than how Japan raises its ...

Trump has threatened 35% tariffs on Japan, warning no deadline extension as trade talks stall over rice and agriculture.

"We have expressed serious concern to the Chinese side and solemnly requested prevention of recurrence," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, referring to the June 7-8 ...

Washington is using the tariffs to force countries to further align with US war interests and substantially boost military ...

People paid tribute to the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, exactly three years after he was gunned ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed regret Tuesday over US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on Japanese imports, starting in ...