In this photo provided by Japan’s Ministry of Defense, a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber, center, is seen close to a YS-11EB electronic-intelligence aircraft, partly seen at left, of the Japan Air ...

For Japan, the Sino-Russian alignment in wartime narratives is more than a contest over memory – it generates real geopolitical effects.

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims ...

The recent 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II inspired multiple publications on how Japan remembers its wartime history. However, there has been less said about the ...

The joint operations between China and Russia combined with threats coming from North Korea pose the greatest threat to global order since World War II, Japan’s defense ministry said in a new document ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation after less than a year in the job might not be surprising, but it will add to uncertainty over relations with China. "Now is the time for me to ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Tokyo is unlikely to provide direct military support in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and would instead focus on defending its nearby outlying islands, a foreign policy ...

Japan plans to deploy upgraded long-range missiles on its southernmost main island by spring as it continues to bolster defenses in the Nansei Islands, according to local media. The Japan Ground ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has demanded China stop flying its fighter jets abnormally close to Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft, which it said was happening repeatedly and could cause a collision.