The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending ...

The United States has approved the potential sale of 20 F-16 fighter jets to Manila, giving the key US ally in the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military has begun to upgrade its operations in Japan to a new “war-fighting” ...

China's launches drills around Taiwan to "severely punish" the island's pro-independence leader, as the U.S. boosts its war ...

VCG. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that Japan and NATO plan to take their partnership to the next level. In an ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that Japan would be “on the front lines of any contingency we might face ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wrapped up a high-level meeting Sunday with a ...

The strength of these alliances depends on whether Trump views Tokyo and Seoul as bulwarks against China’s rise or vassals ...

Expanding defense-industrial cooperation will top the agenda when NATO foreign ministers meet their counterparts from Japan, ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan an "indispensable partner" in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the ...

Warning comes after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Philippines and Japan with pledges to boost defence cooperation.