Japan

U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a trilateral summit in Cambodia on Sunday as they seek to enhance cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid rising tensions…

Nearly 60 percent of people in Japan were unaware of government guidance that wearing masks outdoors for protection against the coronavirus is unnecessary in most cases, recent survey results have shown. Although the guidelines were issued…

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday kept Japan and six other economies on a monitoring list over potentially unfair currency practices and called on Tokyo to ensure any necessary market interventions are well coordinated. Referring to…

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military on Thursday began a large-scale joint exercise mainly in and around Japan's southwestern islands, in an effort to boost their operational capability in those areas, with China's…

Japan and the United States eye holding "two-plus-two" security talks between their foreign and defense ministers soon, possibly in January, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, with the allies facing greater security challenges from China,…

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan on Wednesday, the weather agency said, though no tsunami warning was issued and there have been no reports of serious injuries or damage. The…

Japan is considering downsizing two destroyers to be built with the Aegis ballistic missile interceptor system from their original design in a bid to increase their mobility, government sources said Tuesday. While the destroyers were…

Japan's Cabinet approved Tuesday an extra budget for the current fiscal year to spend 29.09 trillion yen ($199 billion) on an economic package designed to mitigate the pain on households and businesses of rising prices, exacerbated by a…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in mid-November on the sidelines of an international gathering in Southeast Asia, diplomatic sources said Monday. If realized, it would be the…

Japan's coast guard is planning to share all surveillance information, including aerial photos taken by unmanned aircraft, with the nation's Maritime Self-Defense Force in real-time, a source close to the matter said Monday. The plan comes…