For more than 70 years, the Japanese battleship Musashi lay hidden on the seafloor after being sunk during World War II’s Battle of Leyte Gulf. The massive warship was one of the largest battleships ...

A picture book published in Russia last year examines the experiences of Japanese civilians who were forced to leave Karafuto ...

Takaichi is committed to enhanced defence expenditure, already at 2 per cent of GDP but likely to go up to 3 per cent ...

For the Japanese people, Hirohito was a god. But behind the gilded facade and the royal duty he was born to, Hirohito was just a man like any other, and a flawed one at that. While his reign as ...

Noah Smith warns the world may be edging closer to World War III amid fallout from the Iran War and rising tensions between China and Taiwan, likening current risks to conditions seen in the 1930s. He ...

Sanae Takaichi made history last fall when she became the first female prime minister in the history of Japan. Her professional mentors have included the late, powerful former Prime Minister Shinzo ...

Today, Japan, with the U.S., boasts one of the largest and most advanced economies in the world, and is a leader in support of international organizations.

Claims Russia Helping Iran Target US Assets Are Credible. The Washington Post, AP and others have reported that Russia is ...

The underlying structural obstacles have made a genuine nuclear power revival impossible – but Japan’s government seems unaware of this reality.

Although this war is a continuation of the previous imperialist policy, it also presents dangerous new developments. As usual, we are inundated with ...

Comments from the US president declaring that the Middle East war is ‘pretty much’ over sent oil prices down and pushed US stocks higher.

The US, UK, France, Germany, Canada, and other like-minded allies must form a coalition to cooperatively and immediately ...