HOKUTO, Hokkaido--Zushihocky, this northern city's bizarre, eerie-looking official character known to induce a double take, was named Japan's most unforgettable local mascot. The ghostly white ...

Japan activated its Japan Self-Defense Force Joint Operations Command (JJOC) Monday, allowing its military to better conduct ...

In Japanese, Nippon Boueigun or Jieitai, Abbreviated JSDF (JGSDF, JASDF, JMSDF). Following Japan's defeat in the Second World War, the US occupation government drafted a new constitution.