It was a torpedo turned suicide vessel - and few outside Japan even knew it existed. The Kaiten was a manned kamikaze ...

TAKEHARA, Japan >> During World War II, an entire island in the Seto Inland Sea vanished from the map. It didn’t sink into ...

Then, in 2023, Japan revised its policy to allow its companies to sell lethal weapons to partner nations — a response to growing cooperation between its rivals, North Korea and China.

The 80th anniversary of this pivotal event in history is a particularly notable one, as it will be the last milestone for most of the few remaining survivors.

Japan's aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Also participating in Yama Sakura are soldiers from U.S. Army Japan, Hawaii’s 25th Infantry Division, Washington State’s I ...

TOKYO — Japan’s defense minister has dismissed as “completely unfounded” a report that the nation’s military urged the United States to threaten nuclear retaliation against China during ...

Japan has secured its biggest arms export deal ever through its new Mogami-class frigate. The $6.5 billion sale will see Australia acquiring 11 of the stealth warships. It's a major step forward ...

Then, in 2023, Japan revised its policy to allow its companies to sell lethal weapons to partner nations — a response to growing cooperation between its rivals, North Korea and China. With the ...