Located in East Asia, Japan is a top 20 country in the world in terms of population. Japan has the third-largest economy by nominal gross domestic product and the fourth-largest economy by ...

"There is no Plan B for Japan other than the U.S.," Takuya Akiyama, Principal Deputy Director of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told CBS News.

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m). The legal team for Iwao Hakamada, released last year after his ...

The Japanese defense officials say they are not expecting a significant change in their responsibilities or an increase in U.S. troops in Japan. Hegseth and Nakatani told a joint news conference ...

Myanmar nationals living in Japan were frantically seeking word of loved ones back home following the huge earthquake there. With over 1,000 people already confirmed dead in the March 28 disaster ...

March 28 (UPI) --Japan Thursday disclosed an evacuation plan ... in May due to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. World News // 4 hours ago German police raid home of teen accused of ...

March 25 (UPI) --Japan's Osaka High Court ruled Tuesday that ... and innovation with Elon Musk and his companies. World News // 3 hours ago Power restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico less than ...

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says his country and Japan share a “warrior ethos” in tackling Chinese aggression across the Taiwan Strait. In a meeting in Tokyo on Sunday with ...

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Hodak, 23, was a member of the 93rd Bombardment Squadron in the 19th Bombardment group in March 1945, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release ... to fly to Japan from bases ...

Japan's Kyodo News said that the Japanese government will revise the "disaster prevention plan" to designate additional priority regions based on the expanded flood risk zones, as the report ...

We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. Since 2014 under the late prime minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's self-defense forces have ...