The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is back in Okinawa after helping to enforce a Navy blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

The term was introduced in April by the weather agency to describe days when temperatures reach 40C.

Japan plans to add 230 immigration officers as it expands investigations into unauthorized residency, employment and ...

A People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer conducted a small caliber live-fire drill on Sunday within Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone near Okinotori Island, the archipelago country’s southernmost ...

Sanae Takaichi has said she gets just “zero to three hours” of sleep a night, prompting a debate in the country over ...

In April Japan coined term kokushobi for days above 40C as country advises workers to wear shorts to the office to cope with stifling heat ...

From an ingenious home with guest annexe attached, to a micro house in Tokyo that opens like a shell, and a home for both cats and humans – here are 10 innovative Japanese dwellings.

China’s ties with Russia, Iran, and North Korea are deepening, but they do not yet constitute a unified alliance. Chikako ...

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Richard Samuels, professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about Japan's effort to form a new centralized intelligence agency.

Some commentators enjoy the relaxed rules. Others say the policy is unfair to women since they are still expected to wear ...