Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on Friday, pledged to further accelerate Japan’s military buildup and spending and complete an early upgrade

Japan's newly elected prime minister expressed her willingness to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. She also voiced her urge to resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea during a meeting with their families.

North Korea test-fired two hypersonic missiles on Wednesday, prompting protests from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, which described the tests as unlawful and destabilizing. State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday reported North Korea’s Missile Administration launched two hypersonic missiles from Ryokpho District,

North Korea test-fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported. The reported missile test comes days before U.S. President Donald Trump is due to visit South Korea for a regional conference.

North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile off its eastern coast Wednesday morning, according to the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A multinational team monitoring the implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea says the country stole around 2.8 billion dollars in cryptocurrency from around the world between 2024 and September 2025.

North Korea fired ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, with the Japanese gover

Major US and Japanese animation studios including HBO Max and Amazon unknowingly hired North Korean IT workers, a joint government report has found.Those companies included "HBO Max, Amazon, and several Japanese animation studios",

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called Korea an “important neighboring country” in her first policy speech before the National Diet on Friday, pledging to seek stronger bilateral ties through dialogue between the two nations’ leaders.