The United States has taken the first step toward upgrading its military operation in Japan to a joint force headquarters, ...

The U.S. defense secretary sought to reassure its ally over security ties and vowed to speed up the creation of a joint ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, an "indispensable" ...

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

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan on Sunday as indispensable for tackling Chinese aggression and said ...

The US and Japan will deepen their coordination in the defense sector. Specifically, US military forces have already started ...

President Trump has complained the U.S.-Japan defense partnership is one-sided, but with China throwing its weight around, ...

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

China's presence and increased military activity in the ... The move in Japan comes amid a drastic restructuring of the United States government and the elimination of tens of thousands of jobs ...

Japanese officials say they’ve been looking for reassurances that Washington would follow through on plans created under the Biden administration to ramp up US military presence in Japan with ...

Pacific, particularly in the Philippines, to counter China's increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea. Defense ...