The USO opened online voting to determine the winner of the USO Canine Volunteer of the Year Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions from USO therapy dogs and their handlers over the past ...

A new tourist train is set to launch in Japan connecting visitors to the sacred Buddhist temple settlement of Koyasan. Nankai ...

Japan’s government plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles on one of its remote western islands near Taiwan by March 2031, the country’s defense minister ...

Faced with soaring ticket prices and bare slopes at many U.S. resorts, Americans are flocking to the island of Hokkaido, ...

Beijing placed the restrictions on 20 Japanese entities with ties to the defense industry, the latest ratcheting up of its ...

As the war turned against Japan, new weapons reflected growing desperation. The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka was a rocket-powered craft designed for one-way attacks against Allied ships. Carried into range by ...

The iconic cherry blossom festival in Japan has been cancelled over fears that a recent influx of disruptive tourists — fueled by viral travel content on social media — is encroaching on the “quiet ...

Di Punto, an Italian restaurant near Yokosuka Naval Base, works well on date night, after work with friends and everything else in between. This izakaya takes a traditional Italian experience and ...

Japan has decided to sharply cut passport fees in an effort to boost overseas travel and international exchange. Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced at a press conference in December 2025 ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back met Jan. 30, 2026, for a defense ministers’ meeting in Yokosuka, Japan. Japan Ministry of Defense photo Japan ...

Chinese travelers tend to be big spenders in Japan, so Japanese tourism officials are surely eager for Tokyo and Beijing to find ways to defuse the tensions between the two countries quickly before ...

Chinese visitor growth to Japan slowed in November to its weakest pace in nearly four years, as Beijing curbed travel amid rising tensions over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan.