Roll out the red carpet for Japan. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is being feted with a speech before a joint session of Congress and a White House state dinner. Key to the courtship is Tokyo's ramped-up role in policing the Pacific.

Roll out the red carpet for Japan. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is being feted with a speech before a joint session of Congress and a White House state dinner. Key to the courtship is Tokyo's ramped-up role in policing the Pacific. Like the Germans in Europe, the Japanese have had to shed the post-war pacifism that's even embedded in their constitution. It’s with an eye to China, North Korea and Russia that they’ve drawn closer to South Korea and supported Ukraine.

Washington and Tokyo plan to upgrade defense ties to maintain security and peace in the Asia-Pacific region. President Joe Biden and PM Fumio Kishida have said the alliance between the two countries is "unbreakable."

Frying oil is becoming pricier, but the world's third-largest economy, Japan, has yet to see the inflation rates in the United States and Europe.

Space One's Kairos exploded midair within seconds of its launch. The rocket was carrying a government satellite intended to temporarily replace intelligence satellites.

A test flight for a flying vehicle is conducted with two people on board in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture. The southwestern Japan city is considering putting the vehicle, eyed as an ambulance, to practical use by fiscal 2027, to cater to local medical needs amid a shortage of doctors.

Shimonoto's father was a 30-year-old fisherman when the US detonated Castle Bravo on Bikini Atoll. Doctors later removed three-quarters of his stomach due to cancer. Shimonoto now wants a world free of nuclear weapons.

The US, Japan and South Korea have concluded their trilateral summit at Camp David with a security pact and a pledge to step up economic cooperation. The meeting took place against the backdrop of North Korea's missile program and China's maritime claims in the South China Sea.

Seaweed grown at a large scale could help reduce up to 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year and is super low maintenance. They also help to reduce ocean acidification that is caused by increased CO2 in the atmosphere and decreases the pH of the ocean.

Battling a falling birthrate and aging population, Japan hopes a combination of technology and immigration may go some way toward easing a critical shortage of workers.

Japan's space agency JAXA has said its SLIM moon probe has resumed operations after days of power failure.

Japan's space agency JAXA has said its SLIM moon probe successfully landed on the lunar surface within 100 meters of its intended touchdown target.