Japan is concerned about China’s acceleration of its military buildup, especially in Japan’s southwestern areas.

Japan has long been recognized as a global leader in electronics, robotics, and cutting-edge technology. But recently, Japan ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet approved this week a significant increase to its military spending and an end to its ban on exporting lethal weapons.

The crude assortment of fighting tools used by the Japanese during World War II give clues of an unprepared and unmatched ...

Japan's Cabinet OK'd a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War II.

Relations between Russia and North Korea have flourished in recent years, with North Korea supplying troops and ammunition to ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense this week issued a document detailing new military equipment it’s developing, with rationales and status updates for programs ranging from hypersonic weapons to ...

Japan's army is planning to replace its attack and observation helicopters with drone aircraft. Helicopter are valuable, but they also have vulnerabilities — dozens have been downed in Ukraine.

Constantly removing and redeploying weapon systems in Japan is a lot of work, so Army Pacific Command is leaving rocket systems there, in part to deter Chinese aggression in the region.

Japan eases curbs on weapons exports, raises defence budget to record $56bn Pacifist nation’s major overhaul to arms restrictions in a decade comes amid rising security tensions in Indo-Pacific.