The aftermath of the Second World War was incredibly chaotic and missing Japanese soldiers that turned up years later weren’t ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

The governor of Akita Prefecture, a mountainous northern region, has called for the military's help to protect residents from an unprecedented wave of bear attacks. "Exhaustion on the ground is ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces significant foreign policy challenges just days after taking office.

It’s a been crazy few months in Japanese politics.

Japan's nuclear power industry wants greater support for new reactor building, including via state-run capacity auctions, ...

The new Japanese government marks a turning point in the ruling class’s agenda to reassert its imperialist interests ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic ...

The acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to make a sharp turn to the right on immigration and defence.