A record defence budget and an expanding missile and drone programme mark a decisive shift for Japan, as it clears path to ...

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, Japan has restarted 14 reactors of its plant that remain operable as it tries ...

Japan is returning to nuclear energy almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster – but not everyone is convinced it’s a good ...

Japan ’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming fiscal year, accelerating a military buildup that includes cruise missiles and ...

Japan's best result in the World Cup is a Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018, 2022) finish and enters the 2026 tournament ranked ...

Here is Japan's World Cup group stage opponents, which stadiums they will play at, and the times for the games.

The governor of Niigata has formally given local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle toward re ...

When the World Baseball Classic begins in March, new White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami will be playing for Team Japan.

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

A local government in Japan voted Monday to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant, which has been closed since 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The plant, once among 54 reactors shut after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled Fukushima, could soon bring one of its ...