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The move gives another platform for a U.S. ally to fly the most advanced fighter jet in the world.

Separately Monday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno also proposed stepping up Japan's missile defense capability.

The ship arrived at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka near Tokyo on Saturday.

Japan has been stepping up defense in the country’s southwestern regions and islands.

Instead of an apology, Suga listed damage inflicted on Japan, including the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world’s first atomic attack on Hiroshima.

Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged world leaders to commit to nuclear disarmament as seriously as they tackle a pandemic.

Japan’s “rising sun” flag is a focus of anger at the Olympics, with some in the Koreas, China and other Asian nations calling...

The United States, Japan and South Korea have reaffirmed their commitment to work together on North Korea’s denuclearization.

The British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and its strike group will visit Japanese ports in September for joint...