After Japan’s defeat in World War II, the country adopted a pacifist constitution under the influence of the United States, specifically Article 9, which prohibits Japan from maintaining a military ...

Resolute Force Pacific is designed to evaluate the Air Force’s agile combat employment strategy, which emphasizes rapid ...

By bno - Taipei Office For much of the post-war era, Japan’s armed forces - officially termed the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) - ...

Japan's defence ministry plans to acquire six shipborne small UAVs in fiscal year 2025 as part of a broader strategy to ...

TOKYO -- Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to ...

China said the airspace violation occurred when the plane's pilot took emergency measures due to turbulence, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.

Japan will export used destroyers to the Philippines, Reuters reported, citing Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, to strengthen what the report claimed is a deterrence against the so-called "China's ...

Japan’s move to integrate hypersonic missile will help address security concerns in the Indo-Pacific, according to GlobalData.

Japan has never fully reflected on its aggressive acts and war crimes before and during the World Anti-Fascist War (World War ...

After World War II, the U.S. dismantled the former Japanese military, but with the onset of the Cold War, it shifted from a demilitarization strategy to make Japan a bulwark against communism.

Japanese officials said they are watching to see if China prevents further airspace violations; China explained that an August violation of Japanese airspace was unintentional.