Following a request from the U.S., the government has said that it will offer surplus supplies to Europe.

The revised bill, which is expected to pass during the current parliamentary session, comes six months after the SDF was involved in evacuations from Afghanistan.

Tensions are running high between the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Japanese Communist Party after a tie-up last year failed to yield results.

The price at the pump reached ¥170 per liter on Jan. 24 — the highest it’s been in over 13 years.

Russia-Japan relations are centered on the decadeslong dispute over four islands northeast of Hokkaido that Russia occupies and Japan claims.

The move could inflame tensions with South Korea, which opposes the registration due to the use of Korean wartime labor at the site.

The loss of the Nago mayoral candidate opposed to the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city spells trouble for Okinawa ...