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Large-scale protests swept across Japan on Sunday as thousands opposed prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to revise the country’s pacifist constitution. An estimated 50,000 people gathered at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park,
Japan’s defense industry was built for caution. Ukraine’s drone war rewards speed. Terra Drone’s $2,500 interceptor shows what happens when those two worlds meet. The Japane
Northern Japan was shaken by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in April 2026, but images purportedly showing extensive damage caused by the tremor in fact show the aftermath of quakes that rocked the country’s western coast in 2024 and the south in 2016.
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A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western Japan near Wakayama, rattling 36 million people across three prefectures
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western Japan on Saturday evening, shaking homes and offices across three prefectures and jolting an estimated 36 million people in one of the country’s most densely populated corridors.
A Japanese official hinted that further intervention could come as the nation heads into its Golden Week holidays next week.
Concerns about high oil prices are adding to inflation fears in Japan, as the BOJ just moved to rescue the yen from a roughly 40-year low.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivered a landmark speech to convey her vision for deepening her nation’s economic and security ties with the Indo-Pacific, with a view to making the region more resilient in the face of geopolitical challenges.