Russia’s manipulation of history has evolved from symbolic memory politics into a deliberate instrument of state power aimed ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family are waving to a crowd of flag-waving New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial ...

During World War 2, Imperial Japan relied on far more than its own troops. Across Asia, thousands of foreign volunteers and collaborationist forces were recruited to support Japanese campaigns. From ...

President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year.

China has held a low-key memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre, as a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Tokyo over Taiwan continues to simmer. President Xi Jinping did not attend the ceremony ...

The newly released archives handed over by Russia once again prove that Japanese Unit 731 - the notorious germ-warfare unit of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II - committed countless ...

Mainland Chinese state media has called for the demolition of a wartime monument in Japan, rekindling a long-standing source of bilateral tension as Beijing and Tokyo remain locked in a diplomatic row ...

US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an early morning raid, sending him to the US to face ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

[TOKYO] Governor Kazuo Ueda is widely expected to raise the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) key rate to the highest level in three decades this Friday (Dec 19). The path ahead becomes murkier as the ...

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