Japanese forces tracked Chinese ships and aircraft transiting through Japan’s southwest region during the same period, while ...

Japan is barreling forward with efforts to significantly boost its military capabilities to stand up to China's growing ...

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

Japanese soldiers are on the offensive in northern Japan — not against the North Koreans or other foreign enemy, but against a beast in his native habitat: the Asian black bear. Japan’s Ground ...

In this photo provided by the Japan Self-Defense Forces Akita Camp, Self-Defense forces personnel unload a bear cage from a military truck in JSDF Akita Camp, Akita, northern Japan, Thursday, Oct. 30, ...

Japan’s military deployed troops to the country’s mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks. The ...

Japan is planning to send in its army to help fight bears after a spate of killings by the wild beasts. Some 73 people have been killed or injured by the animals this month in the area of Akita, in ...

GT: Within China's multifaceted response - spanning diplomatic, economic and military domains - which specific measures have, ...

A regional Japanese official asked the government on Oct. 28 to send in the military to help deal with a "truly dire" spate of deadly bear attacks. Bears have killed a record 10 people in Japan so far ...

For the past year, a pilot program run by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has been producing frozen, bento-style meals at Yokota – designed to travel far beyond the reach of traditional ...