In the final year of World War II, American forces faced an enemy that refused to fight above ground. Across the Pacific, Japanese troops turned islands into vast underground fortresses, hiding deep ...

Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, alone secured 316 seats by early Monday, comfortably surpassing a 261-seat ...

In “The Islands and the Stars,” Subodhana Wijeyeratne charts how Tokyo’s space program has changed over the past century.

The supermajority victory by the party of Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female premier, appeared to affirm a strong appetite for her “Japan First” approach.

The rapid buildup to the biggest, baddest aircraft carriers started with the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor.

Camp Kengun serves as the headquarters for Japan’s western forces that oversee the country’s long southern island chain that ...

During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today.

Japan’s prime minister won a huge election victory, sending geopolitical tremors rippling across Asia, and the world.

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gamble on a snap election has paid off with a decisive win for the nation's ...

Their geopolitical interests converge for the most part, except in their attitudes toward Russia, and they have a common strategic imperative to counter China.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower ...