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Minesweeper of U.S. Navy docks at Hokkaido port amid protests | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (442+ words) By KENICHIRO HATANAKA/ Staff Writer September 10, 2026 at 17:57 JST The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior reaches Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9. (Kenichiro Hatanaka) HAKODATE, Hokkaido—The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior entered Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9 for maintenance work by a…...
Tamaki avoids Henoko issue as Koja pushes new ‘All Okinawa’ | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (97+ words) September 7, 2026 at 18:28 JST Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, center, who is seeking a third term, raises his fist with supporters at a rally in Naha on Aug. 27. (Kazufumi Kaneko) NAHA—Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, whose political identity has been defined by…...
Koizumi’s call for nuclear debate ‘without taboos’ triggers backlash | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (92+ words) August 5, 2026 at 14:22 JST Atomic bomb survivors and others protest Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi’s remarks on nuclear weapons at a news conference in Nagasaki on Aug. 4. (Ryo Ikeda) Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi prompted outrage among atomic bomb survivors and leaders of…...
Japan concealed U.S. admission to likely PFAS link in Okinawa | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (484+ words) By TAKASHI WATANABE/ Staff Writer September 9, 2026 at 14:31 JST Firefighting foam leaks from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in 2013. (From the Jon Mitchell Collection at the Okinawa International University Library) The Japanese government concealed the U.S. military’s acknowledgement in 2023 that two of its…...
EDITORIAL: Government must not lose sight of original mission of ODA | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (685+ words) September 7, 2026 at 15:12 JST A Japanese official hands over ships to the Fiji coast guard provided under the Official Security Assistance framework. (Provided by Foreign Ministry) The government has clearly laid out its stance of strategically utilizing official development assistance to…...
Chats show ministry helped tone down mail scandal response | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 5+ day ago (497+ words) September 2, 2026 at 16:33 JST Yoshimasa Hayashi, the internal affairs minister, speaks at his Sept. 1 news conference. (Yosuke Takashima) Internal chats show apparent internal affairs ministry pressure in limiting the public response to a Japan Post Co. scandal involving the discarding of…...
EDITORIAL: Now is the time for Koike to show the will to face up to the bitter past | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 5+ day ago (642+ words) September 2, 2026 at 15:11 JST Participants pray on Sept. 1 at a Tokyo park for the Koreans who were killed in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Ryosuke Yamamoto) This is an age in which, on one hand, groundless information and lies…...
Japan, U.S., South Korea set drill on North Korean missiles | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ week, 3+ day ago (275+ words) August 28, 2026 at 10:40 JST SEOUL—South Korea, Japan and the United States will conduct joint military drills from September 9 to 11 to test readiness against North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons threats, South Korea said on Friday. The annual Freedom Edge drills,…...
Defense Ministry to create division to counter disinformation | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ week, 6+ day ago (633+ words) By MIZUKI SATO/ Staff Writer August 25, 2026 at 17:38 JST The Defense Ministry is establishing a new division dedicated to swiftly combating foreign disinformation campaigns that include China’s narrative that Japan is embracing “new militarism.” Establishing a system capable of a collective…...
INTERVIEW/ Col. John Patrick: U.S. Space Forces Japan chief sees space as domain for warfighting | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1168+ words) By KOJI SONODA/ Senior National Security Correspondent August 22, 2026 at 07:00 JST U.S. Space Forces Japan Commander Col. John Patrick speaks at Yokota Air Base on Aug. 5. (Tatsuya Shimada) The commander of U.S. Space Forces Japan said space is no longer a “sanctuary” and…...