Up until now, the widely accepted theory was that the elephant disappeared from the Japanese archipelago about 24,000 years ...

A recent study by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University found the rise of a new type of heatwave, which is often ...

Naumann's elephant in the Japanese archipelago went extinct about 10,000 years earlier than previously believed, with climate change highly likely playing a significant role, a Japanese research team ...

The two countries’ shared grievances over Chinese territorial claims have seen them draw increasingly close in recent years.

MANILA, Philippines — Japan's defence minister pledged to deepen military cooperation with the Philippines during a visit Tuesday to Manila, aiming for the "early transfer" of Abukuma-class destroyers ...

Up to $47.4 billion in private funds pouring into infrastructure A new overhead road access unveiled in Manila, linking the ...

Japan’s decision to overhaul laws on the sale of weapons in April was welcomed warmly in Manila. The Department of National Defense can now purchase lethal weapons from Japanese firms, like warships, ...

PAOAY, Philippines—Right on cue, the missiles blazed from their launcher, kicking up sand behind them. A few minutes later, cheers from the VIP pavilion confirmed that the Japanese Type 88s had hit ...

As the U.S. pivoted its great war effort from Europe to the Pacific, it came face to face with a startling fact—it was waging war against a god. Its sea armada had already crushed his island outworks.

PAOAY, Philippines — An audible click preceded the plumes of exhaust that the two Japanese anti-ship missiles left in their wake. The Type 88 missiles unfolded their wings and cruised toward the ship ...

Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S.-Philippines alliance has been the sick man of the U.S. regional security architecture. (The alliance with Thailand is nothing to write home about but it feels ...

For centuries, landmarks were built with the expectation of endurance. Monuments, temples, structures, and entire towns were designed to outlast generations, yet many of them have become abandoned ...