Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two ...

A new Japanese defense policy white paper showed the country was seeking to be a major military power, North Korean state ...

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery ...

Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, ...

Japan had initially planned the F-35Bs to support amphibious operations, but the initial six jets missed the target March ...

By bno - Taipei Office For much of the post-war era, Japan’s armed forces - officially termed the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) - ...

To notify a key ally with nothing more than a single letter is extremely disrespectful, and I feel a strong sense of ...

The annual defense white paper says that U.S. actions under Trump will “significantly impact” the Indo-Pacific region and ...

The Japan Self-Defense Force has missed its recruitment goal for the last several years and is struggling to meet those goals ...

Japan's defence ministry plans to acquire six shipborne small UAVs in fiscal year 2025 as part of a broader strategy to ...

The Japanese army has begun deploying its fleet of V-22 Ospreys on a newly opened permanent base in the southwest, the latest ...

The Pentagon's top policy official Elbridge Colby labeled the defense white paper “an important, clear-eyed strategic ...