Can Japan send the SDF to Hormuz? The key will be how Tokyo classifies the current situation – but that is complicated by the conflict’s origin in a preemptive U.S. attack. Arleigh Burke-class ...

Then-U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with then-Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sep. 25, 2001. Credit: Official White House Photo by Tina ...

A supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi crude is set to arrive in Japan early next week after clearing the Strait of Hormuz in late April, in the first shipment of Middle East crude to Japan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch: Japan's defence minister sits down with the BBC's Japan correspondent Japan must "strengthen its defence capabilities", ...

Large protests took place on Sunday throughout Japan against plans by the right-wing coalition government of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to water down Article 9—the so-called pacifist ...

TOKYO — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away from anything but very careful public comments about Japan’s 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. So there was embarrassment, ...

After becoming allies to disastrous effect in the 1940s, Berlin and Tokyo are finding new reasons to team up — including rebuilding their militaries. Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan’s defense minister, and ...

It's a reflection of just how fresh the political debate about Japan's role in World War II remains here, even 80 years after its end. TOKYO (AP) — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away ...