The United States is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for a counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Critics have suggested that Kishida is laying the groundwork for his 31-year-old son to be his eventual successor. Shotaro Kishida, already a member of his father’s staff, will join a small group of staffers that follows the prime minister everywhere.

Japan approved a new package of sanctions on Russia over the situation in Ukraine.

NHK and Kyodo announce Abe’s death, hours after the 67-year-old was shot while campaigning in the city of Nara.

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the city of Nara in western Japan. Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s condition ‘currently unknown’ after attack.

Tour groups are expected to take responsibility for ensuring visitors respect Japan's near-universal mask-wearing and other measures that have helped keep the toll from Covid-19 comparatively low.

Thousands of people have been gathering along Washington's Tidal Basin to take in the sights of the city's famed cherry blossom trees in peak bloom.

Contract to upgrade F-15J fleet in line with Tokyo’s strengthening of its defence force with record budget. Analysts say the upgraded jets are unlikely to affect strategic balance but will add to the arms race in the region.

Thirteen schoolgirls and three adults were injured in a suspected stabbing by a man just outside the Japanese capital of Tokyo on Tuesday

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif insists Tehran is not seeking nuclear weapons, accuses US of causing regional tensions.