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

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

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

The Department of Defense has scheduled “listening sessions” at three U.S. military bases in Japan next week to collect ...

Japan, Australia and other like-minded states are again expected to participate in this year’s Balikatan exercises led by ...

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

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

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

The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending to two percent of its GDP by 2027. The country’s new prime minister, ...

Hana Kusumoto is a reporter/translator who has been covering local authorities in Japan since 2002. She was born in Nagoya, ...

North Korea criticised a recent agreement by Japan and the United States on co-producing air-to-air missiles as aggravating ...