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

Japan considers placing long-range missiles on the southwestern island of Kyushu due to rising tensions around Taiwan, ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

WASHINGTON--Japan and the United States agreed to set up a task force to ensure products made using forced or child labor do not enter their markets. Yasutoshi Nishimura, the economy minister now ...