On Dec. 23, 1948, former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were hanged in Tokyo under sentence of the Allied War Crimes Commission.
Corruption allegations rock Japanese politics
Japan is going through a “once in a generation” political crisis, analysts say, as the government fights to clean up its image in the face of a corruption scandal. Four cabinet ministers from the long-term ruling party have resigned in the past fortnight,
Housing market woos Japanese firms
The Thai housing market remains appealing to both new Japanese developers entering with a budget of 100-300 million baht per project as well as existing developers considering a change of …
Congress to Investigate Osprey Program After Crash Kills Eight in Japan
The fleet of Ospreys is still temporarily grounded in order to investigate the “causal factors,” of the Nov. 29 crash.
Court decisions reignite World War II tensions, straining Japan and South Korea’s new amity
SEOUL, South Korea — Rapidly warming Japan-South Korean relations felt a distinct chill at the end of 2023 as an emotive historical dispute between the two U.S. East Asian allies – compensation for …
Japan approves record $56B defense budget, plans to send Patriot missiles to U.S.
The Japanese Parliament approved a record $56 billion defense budget proposal for fiscal 2024 along with revisions allowing it to send ammunition to the United States and potentially aid Ukraine’s war efforts.
Party bosses fall in Japan’s worst political corruption scandal in decades
Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party replaced two of its top executives as part of a purge related to investigations into alleged political slush funds.
US, S.Korea, Japan condemn N.Korea’s ballistic missile launches; urge dialogue
The top diplomats of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches and urged Pyongyang to engage in “substantive dialogue without preconditions,
Japan selling Patriot missiles to US in break from self-defense policy
The Japanese government will sell Patriot air defense missiles to the U.S., marking Tokyo’s first foray into selling complete lethal weapons to allied nations since the post-World War II era. Japan’s national security cabinet this week updated its export rules to allow for the shipment of completed weapons systems.
Japan eases arms export restrictions in first major overhaul in a decade
Japan eased its arms export restrictions on Friday, allowing it to export lethal weapons to certain countries, in the pacifist nation’s first major overhaul of such curbs in almost a decade. The announcement comes as Japan,