Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who was killed July 11, championed for more robust defense and security policies. With current world events, those ideas are increasingly important in Japan.

In 1904, Imperial Japan launched a surprise attack on Russia’s fleet at Port Arthur, marking the start of the Russo-Japanese War. This episode breaks down the geopolitical, military, and ...

Land disputes run deep. Russia and Japan’s competing claims over the four islands off the northeast coast of Hokkaido – Japan's second-largest island – date back to at least the 19th century.

Despite suffering over 1 million casualties, pounding Ukrainian cities nightly with missiles and drones, and committing ...

As with Japan, the war in Ukraine is aggravating South Korea’s security situation too. Russia, which is running out of artillery shells, has been buying many of them from North Korea .

The Saturday Essay; Japan and Germany Are Again Preparing for War Memories of World War II still cause anxiety in both countries, but a rising generation feels less constrained—and less sure of ...

TOKYO — Four out of five Japanese people polled by Japan’s government about their nation’s military worry the country could go to war. Of 1,600 people over age 18 who responded to the mail ...

GEOPOLITICS OF 2024. The Next World War Starts Here An aggressive China and Russia’s war on Ukraine brought South Korea and Japan closer — with lots of American help.

Putin’s war in Ukraine is exacting a greater toll than Russia has experienced in many decades. He is mortgaging the future of Russia and its people to fight his colonial war.

In fusion, small atoms, such as hydrogen, are fused together to generate energy. It's the opposite of the nuclear fission process used in today's nuclear power plants, which splits atoms apart.