When one reads about the exploits of the World War II-era Gato -class United States Navy submarine, USS Barb (SS-220 ), one ...

Japan is making bold moves to change its anti-war culture. That’s not by choice. It’s out of necessity. Japan’s Maritime Self ...

August 8, 1945, 11pm Tokyo time The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Japanese-held Manchuria in the largest land offensive of the Pacific War. August 9, 1945 Japan learns that the ...

In December 1941, Imperial Japan opened the Pacific theater of World War Two with two acts of stunning shortsightedness. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the near-simultaneous invasion of the Malay ...

Japan is gravely concerned about actions in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again made high tariffs a central pillar of his policy agenda in his second term. He ...

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.