ST correspondents have shed light on a country that S’poreans admire but also share a painful wartime past with. Read more at ...

Japan announced a major shift away from its post-war defense policies, beefing up its defense spending and aiming to acquire weapons, including U.S. missiles, capable of striking other nations.

Before his time in the military, Yoshio Nakamura and his family were among roughly 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry ...

Japanese defense officials warned the international community is facing its greatest post-war trial and has entered a new era of crisis. At the same time, Tokyo identified China, Russia and North ...

From 1941 to 1945, the men who enlisted in the U.S. military were trained to be warriors. When Lee Downing joined in June ...

Donald Trump threatened Japan with higher tariffs after accusing it of refusing to buy American rice, despite data showing otherwise.“They won’t take our RICE and yet they have a massive rice shortage ...

On 80th anniversary of WWII, Nippon Izokukai rededicates itself to ensure the tragedy of war is never repeated ...

Japan’s left opposes the change, as they argue it would amount to breaking a post-war taboo and lead to Japanese involvement in foreign wars.

Japan on Friday unveiled a new national security plan that signals the country’s biggest military buildup since World War II, doubling defense spending and veering from its pacifist constitution ...

Naruhito’s visit commemorates the 80th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II. In recent years, he has visited some of ...

Japanese history plays a powerful part in writer/director Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One plot, as it influenced its very specific time period.