The planned missile deployment, expected to begin in March 2026, aims to strengthen security in the Nansei Islands chain, a ...

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

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

Japan plans to field a second F-35B squadron by the end of the decade, according to a Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a ...

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

A third Marine Corps squadron of F-35B Lightning II fighters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, marking the latest ...

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

Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy ...

The pit stop, also known as hot pit refueling, was conducted from February 20 to 27 at Misawa Air Base in Japan's northern Aomori prefecture during the Bomber Task Force 25-1 mission, involving B ...