Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a ...

Japan’s female lawmakers are calling for more toilets inside parliament, turning a daily inconvenience into a pointed symbol ...

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China's People's Liberation Army said that it “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off ...

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Beijing launched missiles and deployed dozens of fighter jets, navy ships and coastguard vessels on Monday and Tuesday around ...

China “successfully completed” military drills around Taiwan that included live-fire exercises aimed at simulating a blockade ...