A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

The aftermath of the Second World War was incredibly chaotic and missing Japanese soldiers that turned up years later weren’t that rare initially. One of the most curious cases must have been that of ...

Two Japanese soldiers died this week of lightning strikes during training in western Japan, a spokesman said Thursday. Sgt. Kento Tanitsu, 25, and Sgt. Ayu Kubota, 21, of the Western Army Tank Unit, ...

A former soldier who was sexually assaulted while serving in Japan’s military has reached a civil settlement with three of her convicted attackers in a case that exposed a widespread culture of ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the ...

TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not ...

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...

ZAMA, Japan - Soldiers from the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade participated in an English Challenge Day at Higashi Junior High School on March 14, helping local Japanese students practice their ...

Japan said Wednesday that China’s military exercises around Taiwan ‘increase tensions’ across the Taiwan Strait. China’s ...