Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan On January 19, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae declared in a press conference that she would dissolve the House of Representatives (Japan’s lower house) ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also is the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, emphasized that she means to ...

Tokyo and Washington agreed Friday to boost joint production of defence equipment including missiles, and expand their ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi made a joint appearance at Fort Meyer ...

Japan will go to the polls in February for a general election after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called a snap poll today.

Amid projections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will play a political gamble by dissolving the House of ...

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Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday he would visit the United States from Monday through Jan. 18, planning to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday. Koizumi ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, center, meets with Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi, second from left, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Wednesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:56 JST, January 8, 2026 Amid the ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday met with Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi to seek local understanding on relocating U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city. The first meeting ...