Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reversed limits on arms exports as Japan faces rising threats from China and unpredictability from its main ally, the United States.

In the spring of 1945, the U.S. Navy quietly handed over 149 warships to the Soviet Union at a remote Alaskan outpost, training the crews for the upcoming invasion of Japan.

Under the leadership of the ultraconservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party flew to a historic victory in Sunday’s snap election, becoming the first party to win more than two-thirds majority in the parliament’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association event features writer Nancy Matsumoto and the story of her poet grandparents who endured internment.