Julian Ryall

Activists urge Tokyo to reject the request, pointing to evidence that the military weaponised previous Japanese aid vessels

As decommissioning teams seek out unexploded ordnance in paddy fields, forests and rural pastures, Laos prepares to host a review conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Tokyo is banking on a massive visitor boom to do what its factories and financiers increasingly cannot: carry the economy forward

Tokyo is banking on a massive visitor boom to do what its factories and financiers increasingly cannot: carry the economy forward.

Analysts say the Torifune fly-by highlights Tokyo's growing role in global space safety efforts and its ‘goodwill science' policy

South Korea has expressed concern that ongoing developments along the military demarcation line in the DMZ are a breach of the 1953 armistice agreement.

South Korea has voiced concern that its neighbor's actions along the demilitarized zone between the two countries may be in breach of the 1953 armistice agreement.

South Korea has voiced concern that its neighbor's actions along the demilitarized zone between the two countries are in breach of the 1953 armistice agreement.

A New York Times article claims Maksim Vladimirovich Filchenkov, a top Russian official, is leading the covert operation in Japan

A New York Times article claims Maksim Vladimirovich Filchenkov, a top Russian official, is leading the covert operation in Japan.