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If Japan’s hawkish new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, has her way, Japan’s security evolution will quicken. The country’s ...

The US ambassador to Japan has weighed into the escalating row between Tokyo and Beijing, offering “unshakeable” support to ...

A Santa Claus figure modeled on the official mascot of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka has gone on display at a major tourist ...

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Japan’s diplomatic rift with China has expanded into a sweeping economic and cultural freeze with Beijing halting Japanese ...

Today, the same playbook is being revived. Invoking "external threats" serves as a convenient pretext to push for revision of the Constitution, accelerate Japan's remilitarization and steer Japan back ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday began talks to update the country's three key national security documents by the end of 2026, as declared by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The LDP ...

Last year, while in the running for the premiership, Sanae Takaichi called the Bank of Japan’s rate hikes “stupid”. Speaking ...

Wall Street was set to join a world stock market relief rally on Thursday as investors cheered AI chip giant Nvidia's ...

China has reportedly reimposed a total ban on Japanese seafood imports, just weeks after the countries celebrated the first ...

The Japanese yen continued its recent crash on Thursday as its run as one of the worst-performing currencies accelerated.