Trump has repeatedly called April 2 "Liberation Day," with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

Nearly two years after land annexation grew the town of Bedford’s boundaries as part of a reversion from a city to a town in ...

A belief in the almost mythical power of tariff warfare has been a rare constant in Trump’s business and political career ...

In this week's newsletter, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: When Russia could get sanctions ...

An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...

Going with China is going with opportunities. Believing in China is believing in tomorrow. Investing in China is investing in ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that Japan would be “on the front lines of any contingency we might face ...

If our strategic position was already challenging, it just got worse. Reliability of the US as an ally is in question, amid ...

The Democratic base is angry. Not just at President Donald Trump, Elon Musk; Democrats are mad at their own leaders and ...

With curators from mainland Japan, Taiwan and Okinawa, the festival was anchored by works from those three regions, with the ...

A rapidly growing Christian Right movement has become a driving force behind unqualified U.S.—and global—support for Israel.