The outcome of this Sunday’s election will have significant consequences for Japan’s national security policy.

About 90 percent of Liberal Democratic Party candidates in the Lower House election favor anti-espionage legislation espoused ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday denied the possibility of newly issuing deficit-covering government bonds to realize a zero consumption tax rate on food items. "If it (the tax cut) ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance was officially launched Thursday, but questions remain over whether what is now the largest ...

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) had, by January 19, received a total of 559 letters and messages of congratulations from 109 political parties, six international and ...

Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii said Friday that he will not run in the next election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — Two World War II Japanese artifacts once housed in the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum collection have been returned to descendants across the world. Each square “good luck ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy launched hundreds of fighters and bombers at Pearl Harbor in an effort to paralyze the main U.S. naval base for the Pacific Fleet near Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.

The American flag should be flown at half-staff Sunday, Dec. 7, for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Flags across Florida and the United States should be flown at half-staff to honor those killed during ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Crises are not new to the Japan-China relationship, but their impact only grows. There is little reason to hope for a quick resolution to the current one. The last crisis was long-lasting, begun by a ...

Japan’s red circle on white, called the Hinomaru, had long served as the country’s flag. It flew over schools, ships, and international gatherings, yet it was never officially recognized by law. That ...