A major diplomatic fallout has erupted  between China and Japan — the most serious in years — after Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi issued a controversial 'Taiwan statement' in  parliament.

While exploring a remote Chinese forest, I stumbled upon something extraordinary — an abandoned World War II airplane hidden ...

Takaichi Sanae is looking to accelerate the changes that Abe set in motion over a decade ago, despite a host of new ...

Among the many issues that helped propel Sanae Takaichi to power as Japan’s first female prime minister this fall, perhaps none is more politically charged or more important to Japan’s long-term ...

How Japan views its past decides its future. Historical memory plays a pivotal role in shaping contemporary relations in East Asia. The legacy of Japan's aggression since the end of the 19th century, ...

Japan and Germany’s expanding defence cooperation reflects a shared effort to adapt to a more uncertain security environment.

Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors (“hibakusha”) will attend Pearl Harbor memorial events on Dec. 7 and will meet with the public ...

At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged ...

Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western ...

Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's blatant suggestion of possible military involvement in the Taiwan Strait sounds a stark warning that Japan's ...

The Bellingham alcohol plant “was considered the first commercial enterprise of its kind in the country,” according to the 2013 report. During the war, the federal government owned the alcohol plant, ...