Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, it could ...

Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would play a ...

TOKYO — Japan will expand an unprecedented military aid program, the first of its kind since World War II, to help the armed ...

Japan’s plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall.

The following is the text of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s, Jan. 25, 2025, initial message to the Pentagon. Secretary ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he is preparing for tough negotiations with US President Donald Trump to win ...

Trump signed executive orders aimed at building military presence along the border and designating cartels as foreign ...

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

What makes the JASSM-ER especially useful for Japan is the extended range of the missile. The range on the JASSM-ER is more than 1,200 miles. That’s because this weapon has an internal fuel tank and a ...

As part of the Pacific Steller exercise involving its allies including the US, Japan, and the Philippines, France has ...