MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

Japan’s deep-rooted anti-militarism and dependence on the US military for security have left it unprepared to defend itself ...

His remarks came after Google Maps updated its display to show the name "West Philippine Sea" for the body of water next to ...

Japan says that two of its minesweepers will visit a Chinese-funded naval port in Cambodia this weekend in the first foreign navy visit since an expansion project was completed.

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea.

In a report published on Thursday, the Japanese Defense Ministry announced that its air force was scrambled 704 times against ...

At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone ...

China's military concluded two-day war games around Taiwan in which it held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China ...

The trough is off Japan's southwest Pacific coast and runs for approximately 900km, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Eurasian Plate. The accumulating tectonic strains could ...

Hegseth, who is on his first Asia trip ... beef up Japan’s defense posture on the Southwestern islands, which are in critical locations along the disputed areas in the East China Sea and near ...

On his first official trip to Asia, the defense secretary told allies the Trump administration would “truly prioritize and shift to this region of the world in a way that is unprecedented.” ...