Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back met Jan. 30, 2026, for a defense ministers’ meeting in Yokosuka, Japan. Japan Ministry of Defense photo Japan ...

Japan will raise the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens "at every diplomatic opportunity" and strengthen international cooperation to achieve an early resolution, Chief Cabinet ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Tuesday, according to its neighbors, as the North heightens animosities with rival South ...

South Korea and Japan agreed Friday to resume joint naval search and rescue exercises for the first time in nine years as they seek to strengthen defense cooperation, according to the defense ministry ...

In a January 26 ruling, a Japanese district court held the North Korean government liable for grave human rights violations against Koreans and Japanese citizens lured to North Korea through its ...

Japan’s government on Wednesday (January 28) condemned multiple ballistic missile launches by North Korea, calling the country’s nuclear and missile development programs “absolutely unacceptable”.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles that splashed down near its east coast on Tuesday, Japan's Defense Ministry said, in what appeared to be another weapons test by the Kim Jong Un regime. The ...

A short post recently appeared on the Facebook page of a Japanese diplomat I have known for many years. “I am late in reporting. I completed 42 and a half years of service at the Ministry of Foreign ...