The two top defense officials may together attend a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on March 29 on the Pacific island of ...

Japan's lower house of parliament on Friday approved the government nominee for the central bank's policy board, Junko Koeda, ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made introductory phone calls on Friday to Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, saying in a Diet speech that he did not make a specific promise about Japan's plan to increase its defense spending when he met with U.S. President Donald Trump ...

The White House declined to get ahead of discussions between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Japan’s defense ministry on Friday said it will invest in AI, automation and improving troop conditions to address a worsening recruitment shortfall that has left its forces understaffed amid a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Trump announced Japan would double its defense spending by 2027 and Nippon Steel would ...

Japan will begin mass production of its enhanced Type 12 surface-to-ship missile (SSM) earlier than projected and has ...

Donald Trump is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a high-stakes visit for a key ally that depends on the ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry. When asked whether the reported meeting between the defense chiefs of Japan and the US in Japan ...

The Japanese missile can evade defenses by traveling at more than five times the speed of sound and maneuvering within the atmosphere.

TOKYO -- Japan will send a Mogami-class warship on a trip to Australia, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Wednesday, as Tokyo markets its finalist among the candidates for Canberra's ...