Japan’s pivot should be widely welcomed in Washington, which has long sought to get its wealthy East Asian ally to spend more on defense. These moves are designed to strengthen the alliance, as ...

Talk about greenwashing. The fossil fuel behemoth that produces toward one-third of Japan’s electricity has co-opted an environmental slogan to downplay its massive emissions, activist observers say.

Ghost War” for Prime Video and “Stranger Things” masterminds the Duffer Brothers producing a Netflix show in which a retirement community ...

(Bloomberg) -- China added seven European entities to its export control list over their involvement in arms sales to Taiwan, marking the first time Beijing has deployed the trade blacklist against ...

Japan wasn’t isolated from European powers, but it proved far harder to colonize than most regions. Its large population, military strength, and distance from Europe made any invasion extremely risky ...

In March 2026, Boris Pistorius took a trip to Japan. This action, by Germany’s minister for defence, hinted at a new geopolitical truth: Japanese and European security is now linked and shaped by the ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrive for a summit at the E.U. headquarters in Brussels, on March 19, 2026. Leaders from Europe and Japan joined forces ...

President Trump on Thursday welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to the White House for a day of meetings. Just ahead of the visit, Japan joined several European nations in saying they may ...

US European allies and Japan express readiness for "appropriate" efforts to secure passage through the key Strait of Hormuz, as the already widespread conflict in the Middle East threatens to spin out ...

Leading European nations and Japan issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and would take steps to ...

The Hormuz crisis is pushing Europe and Japan toward a more hawkish policy stance as higher oil prices threaten to reignite inflation. In Europe, ECB officials are signaling they could react if the ...