Smithsonian writer Rachel Ng, who reported on the endeavor. A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

The United States will ensure "robust, ready and credible deterrence" across the Taiwan Strait, US Defense Secretary Pete ...

Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and ...

Students on school trips will be exempted Since Tokyo first introduced a lodging tax in 2002 ... will follow suit in November. Chiba and Okinawa prefectures are also making preparations to ...

Indonesia’s parliament has ratified a contentious law allowing members of the military to hold more government roles, despite criticisms that it could expand the armed forces’ role in civilian ...

March 20 (Reuters) - Europe's biggest military powers are drawing up plans to take on greater responsibilities for the continent's defence from the U.S., including a pitch to the Trump ...

MANILA, March 19 (Reuters) - The Philippines is exploring the possibility of converting two islands that were once part of a U.S. navy base into a military reservation, its defence department said ...

In what could be the most dangerous developments in the world today, the Chinese military is tearing itself apart. Xi Jinping has been purging officers for more than a decade. But other officers ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The U.S. military is tracking strong early-year recruiting ... the Navy contracted 4,000 new sailors and shipped 5,000 more to boot camp, the spokesperson said. Soldiers of the US Army 3rd Brigade ...

Student-led walkouts have occurred on military facilities in Wiesbaden, Ramstein, Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern in Germany; Camp Humphreys in South Korea; and at bases in Kadena, Okinawa and Yokosuka ...