Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — At least three U.S. Navy ships and four Marine Corps Ospreys will join an annual amphibious exercise ...

With the launch of Season 1 of Marvel Rivals, Netease Games' has reset your Season 0 Rank, introduced an extra Ranked Tier to better distribute the highest levels of play, and added new Season ...

Tsuneo Watanabe, representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, who died on Dec. 19 at the age of 98, will be given the honor of Third Grade, Senior of the Court Rank ...

The new Imperial Theatre will open in the Yurakucho district of Tokyo ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor with New President Japan’s Nissan ...

Saudi Arabia Army: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is ruled by the Saudi Royal Family, is considered a pre-eminent power in the Muslim world, primarily due to its oil-rich economy and also due ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

Members of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army were visiting their Japanese counterparts and senior Japanese defense officials from Monday through Friday, Japan's top ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan — U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are rehearsing their disaster response techniques, a year after they flew real-world missions for victims of a deadly earthquake on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Workers in southwestern Japan on Tuesday worked to clear a road blocked by a small landslide and repair ...