Japan's new prime minister ... is the most severe since the end of World War II," he said in his first press conference after being approved as prime minister by parliament earlier in the day.

An aerial view taken from a helicopter shows a crater from an explosion after a likely WW2-era bomb exploded, on a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan Oct. 2, 2024.

US Marine Corps Photo Japan’s military chiefs are warning that the country faces its most severe and complex security environment since World War II, attributing the outlook to China ...