Japan Travel Alert: Why Fujiyoshida Canceled Its Cherry Blossom Festival In 2026

Japan's cherry blossom season has become a victim of its own popularity. Fujiyoshida canceled its popular Cherry Blossom ...

Japan's Sanae Takaichi wins a landslide in snap election, exit polls project

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap ...

Japan’s Takaichi Wins Big in Snap Election: What to Know

The conservative Prime Minister’s gamble seems to have paid off.

Japan’s New Dawn: Seven Films at Berlin Signal Industry Renaissance as Box Office Hits Record High

Japan is mounting its strongest presence at the Berlin Film Festival in years, with seven films across sections.
The Diplomat

What Colby’s Northeast Asia Tour Tells Us About the Future of Japan-Korea-US Trilateral Deterrence

Colby’s visits to South Korea and Japan served to reinforce the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific vision, in which allies’ ...

'Fabled knights of old': The true story of Japan's mysterious samurai

From medieval beginnings, the samurai have inspired art, fiction and films, from Shōgun to Star Wars. But their true story is ...
Anadolu Agency

Japan to revise national security strategy this year: Defense chief tells Munich Security Conference

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told the Munich Security Conference on Friday that Tokyo will revise its national security strategy in 2026. Koizumi said that the “security of the ...

Japan to accelerate talks with US for first deals under trade package

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Japan has agreed with the United States to accelerate talks on the first batch of deals under Japan's $550 ...