Japan announced a major shift away from its post-war defense policies ... of the biggest changes to its defense policy since World War II. It mandates a major increase in defense spending.

In the white paper’s preface, Japan Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said that the international community was facing its greatest post-war trial since World War II, and the world has entered a ...

explores a new perspective on the world and how it heals after the devastation of World War II. Ishikawa's protagonist is Etsuko (Suzu Hirose), a woman living in 1950s Japan after the bombing of ...

Japanese troops show off a new container that improves safety during the removal of unexploded U.S.-made ordnance leftover ...

Once a symbol of rebellion and girlhood, the cartoon cat has become a cultural ambassador—part of Japan’s global soft power strategy to rebrand its image after World War II. To much of the ...

Since Japanese media had already started reporting en masse about expectations for the nation's three most important national security documents, I dedicated some time on Japan’s new defense ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after a ... according to local broadcaster MRT. WWII era bomb close up 370 (credit: Dov Cantor, Tel Aviv District photography) The ...

While Art spends long hours working at the local Japanese ... World War II, has a hard time talking about what he experienced. Along the way, Hirahara gives us a vivid picture of a roiling post ...

The Brazilian government on Thursday apologized for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of Japanese immigrants in the years after World War II. "I want to apologize on ...