Hikers climbing Japan’s Mount Fuji this summer on the Yoshida trail can expect “strict” inspection of their clothing and gear in an effort to reduce accidents and rescues involving those who are not properly equipped.

A Japanese court sentenced a U.S. sailor to a suspended sentence of 18 months in prison, one year to the day that his car struck and killed a Japanese motorcyclist.

Three members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force were killed and another was injured when a shell exploded inside a tank during a live-fire exercise in Japan, officials said.

Australia will purchase 11 Japanese-built Mogami-class frigates, with the first delivery expected in 2029, officials from both countries announced.

Japan will ban the use of portable lithium-ion batteries for charging electronic devices aboard commercial flights starting April 24.

A Shiden Kai, a fighter of the Japanese Imperial Navy, was retrieved from waters about 10 feet deep and about 650 feet offshore of Akune city in Kagoshima prefecture, according to Eisuke Himoto, leader of a local nonprofit organization that salvaged the aircraft.

Once a graphic artist at Stars and Stripes, a devoted record collector owns an incredibly rare copy of an unreleased Richard Carpenter performance.

Two Marines assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni have been indicted on charges stemming from multiple thefts over the past year in Japan, according to U.S. military and Japanese authorities.

U.S. Naval Housing Annex Negishi in Yokohama will be returned to Japan this summer as part of a long-running U.S. base realignment in Kanagawa prefecture.

A new variant of China’s Y-9 maritime patrol aircraft was recently spotted by Japanese fighter pilots over the East China Sea.