Japan’s acquisition of the ASEV destroyers will allow it to be a more proactive bulwark against Chinese aggression.

Tokyo taking part in planning conversations for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, with military chiefs from 30 countries ...

At a Cabinet meeting on March 11, the Japanese government appointed Lieutenant General Nagumo Kenichiro, vice chief of staff ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand a two-year-old army base on Ishigaki Island, near Taiwan, as part of efforts to ...

Taking place amid China’s growing military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, the drill was aimed at strengthening the two ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its fourth Awaji-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) on 12 ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A federal hiring freeze ordered in January by President Donald Trump is affecting an office that ...

The State Department notified Congress this week of a potential $200 million foreign military sale to support Japan’s Hyper ...

Japan has commissioned its fourth Taigei-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK). The boat, which has been named JS Raigei , ...

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