The long-range missiles could target vulnerable parts of ships and traverse Japan’s mountainous terrains to hit land-based ...

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

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has announced that Tokyo proposed joint production of the SM-6 ship-to-air missile ...

Japan awards Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) $219 million contract for homegrown version of Tomahawk missile.

During a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Defense ...

Japan launched its new Joint Operations Command on Monday to better integrate all three branches of its Self-Defense Forces.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will visit Japan next week for the first time since taking office in October.

Hana Kusumoto is a reporter/translator who has been covering local authorities in Japan since 2002. She was born in Nagoya, ...

Japan launched a new joint command structure for the country’s armed forces Monday that is designed to address decades of ...

The Japanese Cabinet's February 7 proposal to the Diet to allow National Police and Self-Defense Forces to neuter adversary ...

An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...

The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed ...