According to operator West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), this marks the first time the franchise's characters have appeared on ...

The increasing military use of a civilian airport in southwest Japan, thought to be for contingency drills with China in mind ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. needs to ensure that it will be able to obtain permission from Japan to use U.S. bases in the country for combat purposes "within hours" after a Taiwan conflict breaks out, an ...

Survivors included the helicopter's pilot, Hiroshi Hamada, 66; mechanic Kazuto Yoshitake; and 28-year-old nurse Sakura Kunitake. All three were found in the ocean holding onto inflatable ...

Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, and the government sees about an 80% chance of a magnitude 8 to ...

Japan's Self-Defense Forces have held a ceremony to mark the formation of a maritime transport unit for swiftly deploying ...

In a survey of prefectural residents by The Asahi Shimbun in 1971, a year before Okinawa reverted to Japan, 56 percent ... “But the SDF’s pivot to the southwest has begun to expose its ...

(Mainichi/Atsushige Nakamura) KIKUYO, Kumamoto -- The increasing military use of a civilian airport in southwest Japan, thought to be for contingency drills with China in mind, is sparking local ...

The quake occurred at a depth of 30 kilometers at 7:34 pm with its epicenter in Kyushu. No damage has been reported from the ...

Japan formally activated on Sunday a new joint maritime transport unit geared towards improving troop deployment capabilities in Japan’s southwest islands. The Maritime Transport Group of the ...