For the second year in a row, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended a New Year’s gathering of Japan’s largest labor organization, backing its efforts for employees’ pay hikes.
Japan’s highest court dismissed without debate last week a lawsuit brought by Okinawa prefecture to halt construction of a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab.
Japan's top court dismisses an appeal by the Okinawa prefectural government to halt landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.
Japan's ruling parties agree that the country should pledge to acquire a "counterstrike capability" to address the rapid deterioration of the regional security environment, heralding a major shift in the nation's security policy.