Summary The Dokdo/Takeshima Islands, currently administered by the Republic of Korea (ROK), remain a site of contested memories of Japan’s colonial rule in the ROK. In light of the resurgence… ...

It was a risky gamble to call a snap election. But now Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is basking in the strongest majority for a ...

My dad, Clifford H. Christl, was placed in an orphanage at birth, adopted by Peter and Martha Christl of Appleton, Wis., and served in World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and then ...

In 1949, Japan stood at a crossroads between devastation and recovery. The country was still reeling from the impact of World War II, while facing rapid political and cultural changes under U.S.

A new supermajority in the powerful House of Representatives may embolden Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to pursue amending Japan's po ...

Tuesday marks four years since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. Washington is continuing to broker peace talks to ...

With a strong (and resoundingly consolidated) mandate, Takaichi is now making moves to revise Japan’s Constitution, and ...

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) have pursued a number of doctrinal changes intended to improve their offensive ...

In “The Islands and the Stars,” Subodhana Wijeyeratne charts how Tokyo’s space program has changed over the past century.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio thoroughly deserved the standing ovation he received on Feb. 14 at the annual NATO Munich ...

From heroic service in World War II to operations in the Middle East, these vessels fought across the world and are now anchored as permanent museums.

While restraint remains the order of the day, recent developments suggest that rival nations’ maritime “red lines” are hardening.