Jesse Johnson

North Korea has offered a rare glimpse into one of its secretive uranium enrichment facilities, with leader Kim Jong Un urging the introduction of more centrifuges for the weapons-grade material needed to “exponentially increase” the number of nuclear bombs in […]

North Korea fired off multiple short-range ballistic missiles early Thursday, Japan’s Defense Ministry said, as Pyongyang looks to keep itself on the busy agenda of the next U.S. president. All of the missiles, which were fired toward the Sea of

The U.S. has expressed an interest in deploying a midrange missile system to Japan for joint military exercises, the U.S. Army secretary has said, in a move that would be sure to anger China. Christine Wormuth, the secretary of the

Beijing has called sailings by its warships through the Tokara Strait off Kagoshima Prefecture “legal” under international law, days after Tokyo said a Chinese military survey vessel had entered Japan’s territorial waters in the area. The sailing was part of

Tropical Storm Shanshan was moving slowly east off Wakayama Prefecture on Saturday afternoon, bringing widespread torrential rain to a broad swath of the country, including in the Kanto and Tokai regions — with the storm’s effects even felt as far

A Chinese military aircraft’s first-ever incursion into Japanese airspace is “utterly unacceptable” and is considered a threat to Japan’s safety, the government’s top spokesman said Tuesday, as officials grappled with the rationale and response a day after the incident off

A Chinese military aircraft was confirmed for the first time to have violated Japanese territorial airspace on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said, with Japan strongly protesting the move. The Defense Ministry said one of the Chinese military’s