Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, it could ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.

Tokyo will closely monitor the rollout of new U.S. sanctions on Moscow for any impact on shipments of liquefied natural gas ...

Geopolitics and shifting national priorities have caused competitors—a German institute and a collaboration between the US and Russia—to fall behind, leaving Japan’s path to victory ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

In the airspace of Asia, having a sizable and technologically advanced fighter jet fleet is an incredibly important asset ...

The U.S. “will have to out-think” Russia and China to prevent them from using nuclear weapons to resolve a future crisis, the ...

The centers offer management and Japanese language courses to cultivate and train personnel who then go on to work in Japan-Russia economic relations, the ministry said. Japan, in lockstep with its ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russia’s military prepared detailed target lists for a potential war with Japan and South Korea that ...

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo on Monday criticized Moscow's decision to stop the implementation of a bilateral memorandum on the Japan Centers in Russia, which hold business and other ...