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Japan to vote for new PM amid political uncertainty: All you need to know

LDP’s Sanae Takaichi needs to find coalition partners from opposition to become Japan’s first female prime minister.

Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ eyes more military muscle

U.S.-Japan defense relations could get a boost if Sanae Takaichi — a nationalist politician who has pushed stronger military ...

Ascent Of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Could Be The Wake-Up Call Countries In China’s Shadow Need

Japan’s likely new prime minister is a wake-up call for America’s Indo-Pacific allies who have been lagging in shoring up ...
Jacobin on MSN

The Women Who Fought Japan’s Empire

In Capitalists Must Starve — a novel by Park Seolyeon, translated from Korean by Anton Hur — a labor activist climbs to the ...

Japan and U.S. begin major military exercise as concern about China grows

Japan and the United States on Monday began air, sea and land exercises around Japan in a show of force in the face of increased Chinese military activity in the region.
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Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers

TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not ...
Iowa Public Radio

Japanese soldier's court win shines light on sexual assault in military

In Japan, a female former soldier won a high-profile court case that shone a rare light on cases of sexual assault in the country's military. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that the verdict is seen ...
WGN Radio

A court in Japan convicts three former soldiers in groundbreaking sexual assault case

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Tuesday ...
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765th Transportation (Terminal) Bn. Soldiers, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members work together to beautify historical stone monument on Camp Zama

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – U.S. Army Soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members here worked together Nov. 19 to beautify a piece of history on the installation that dates to World War II. The ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama, known for apology over wartime aggression, dies at 101

Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims ...
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Atascadero couple discovers a Japanese soldier's 'Good Luck Flag' from WWII in Cayucos antique shop

Four years ago, Atascadero couple Hiroko and Hidehiko Nogi walked into the Cayucos antique shop ‘Remember When’ and discovered a so-called 'Good Luck Flag,' which was carried by a Japanese soldier ...