The Japanese government has reportedly begun reviewing whether it can dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of ...

Japan has deployed its domestically produced Type-12 long-range surface-to-ship missiles near the East China Sea, a move ...

Destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) recently departed San Diego to replace USS Robert Smalls (CG-62), the sea service’s last ...

Japan understands that it cannot equal China’s economic heft in the Pacific. Instead, Tokyo has sought to deepen defense cooperation. Japan is revamping its cooperation with Pacific Island nations.

March 31 will mark the first deployment of two new Japanese systems: the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) for island ...

The Japanese air force is transforming up to half of its 201 Boeing F-15J air-superiority fighters into deep-striking fighter-bombers. For the defensively-oriented Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the ...

U.S. Marines observed Japan’s only amphibious unit carry out a beach-landing drill this week as part of joint exercise, Iron ...

American B-1B Lancers arrived this week at Misawa Air Base for their first rotational bomber task force mission in Japan, Pacific Air Forces said Tuesday. The aircraft, along with airmen and support ...