TOKYO, December 12. /TASS/. The Japanese government has proposed to allocate a record 9 trillion yen (approximately $57.7 billion) for defense in the next fiscal year (starting April 1, 2026), the ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Northeast Japan jolted again ...

According to the draft plan, the government aims to balance technological innovation with risk management to make Japan the country with the best environment in the world for developing and using AI.

While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

Since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrongfully claimed in early November that a "Taiwan contingency" could ...

In contrast to the more cautious posture of her predecessor Shigeru Ishiba, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ...

As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of ...

During a parliamentary session on November 26, 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that her Liberal Democratic ...

Japan denies China's allegations of interference by its Self-Defence Forces, calling them "baseless." This comes amid ...

Japan on Monday rejected China's accusation that interference by its Self-Defence Forces (SDF) led to Chinese military ...

Japan said Monday that Chinese military aircraft locked radar on its fighter jets even though there was a safe distance ...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is easily the most successful political party in the developed capitalist world. While ...