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

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

In its 2025 white paper, Japan's Defense Ministry said the world faces the most perilous security environment since World War ...

Japan isn’t allowed to have aircraft carriers—so they built them anyway. Disguised as “helicopter destroyers,” the Izumo-class ships reveal a clever workaround of constitutional limits, global ...

U.S. calls for clearer commitments on Taiwan underscore the growing pressure on the Quad, as the Taiwan issue increasingly ...

There is a proposal that Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines should be considered as a single theater of war.

France’s 2022 version of the report mentioned China’s military expansion as a threat to the “status quo” in the Strait, while ...

Japan had initially planned the F-35Bs to support amphibious operations, but the initial six jets missed the target March ...

Recent Kyiv-Tokyo agreements show that the countries' partnership is not a one-time act of support, but a steady formation of a strategic alliance across many sectors.

Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, ...

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

Officials in Tokyo released their Defense of Japan 2025 white paper this week with findings the international community is ...