Forest fires continue to rage in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, five days after the first blaze started. Self-Defense Force ...

THE 7.7 magnitude earthquake with epicenter in Myanmar ripped through the war-torn country and Thailand, and was felt as far ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called Japan an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in ...

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

TOKYO -- The Japanese government established a new joint operations command Monday to oversee the three branches of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, aiming to ensure readiness and greater ...

Japan activated its Japan Self-Defense Force Joint Operations Command (JJOC) Monday, allowing its military to better conduct ...

The JS Akishio, a decommissioned Japanese submarine, is the centerpiece of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force museum in ...

Japan on Monday launched a new command for the Self-Defense Forces to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses, in a major revamp aimed at ensuring smoother coordination with the U.S.

It functions as a matching service to promote collaborations between start-ups and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Not Yet a Game-changer Japan’s purchases of U.S.-made weapons and services ...

A Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force launches anti-missile flares during a fleet review off Sagami Bay, Kanagawa prefecture, in 2015. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty ...

Shigeru Iwasaki, the chief of staff of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces from 2012 through 2014, was named a consultant to Taiwan’s cabinet, said the two officials who asked not to be identified ...

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