The Latest Breaking News from Yoshimasa Hayashi

Japan’s new government says it hopes to improve ties with China after receiving a “forward-looking” congratulatory message from Beijing on the election of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister took office on Tuesday and formed a cabinet made up of numerous security and defence experts in line with his calls to strengthen regional military alliances. The majority of cabinet members are relative unknowns, marking a break from a string of corruption scandals that have…

Defence minister says ‘strong protest’ lodged with Moscow amid growing concerns about Russian and Chinese military cooperation in the region

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of alert

Heavy rain has pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto which triggered landslides and swollen rivers to overflow, flooding homes and stranding some residents in the region still recovering from a deadly earthquake earlier this year

Authorities on Kyushu and Honshu islands order evacuations and carmaker Toyota suspends operations at 14 plants.

Japan warned Wednesday that an "extremely strong" typhoon bearing down on the main southern island of Kyushu would bring unusually violent storms, as three people remained missing after a landslide.

China's breach of Japan's airspace and territorial disputes escalate tensions in East Asia.

Japan scrambled fighter jets and warned the Chinese plane to leave

Tokyo summoned ambassador and lodged protest after surveillance plane was detected on Monday morning.

Japan slammed on Tuesday what it called the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese military aircraft into its airspace as a "serious violation" of its sovereignty, saying it was part of a pattern by Beijing.