Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy - part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as the core company to lead the development of a high ...

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Japan's SLIM moon lander imaged by small rover LEV-2. Credit: JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University HELSINKI — Japan has established a multibillion-dollar Space Strategic Fund to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Japan’s Cabinet approved a record $58-billion defense budget, a dramatic shift from its postwar pacifist ...

One of the world’s largest and most developed economies is on the brink of an “economic renaissance,” global financial experts say — and with the introduction of new business policies and tax ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...

Since the end of the Cold War, dramatic changes in the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region have transformed Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) strategy, as evidenced by ...