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 ...

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 ...

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

Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China in a new defense report. The report highlights China's growing ...

Japan will export used destroyers to the Philippines, Reuters reported, citing Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, to ...

Japan is engaged in a significant military buildup by boosting domestic defense spending, refining its national security strategy, and strengthening multilateral security partnerships with its ...

Japan’s army has begun relocating its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft to a new base on the southern island of Kyushu, part of ...

The missiles are part of a defense buildup that is central to Japan’s strategy for appealing to President Trump. While Tokyo is now deep in negotiations with Washington over lifting new tariffs ...

Biden, Kishida to announce new U.S.-Japan military partnership efforts 03:47. ... which includes remote islands that are considered key to Japan's defense strategy.

Japan has test-fired a missile on Japanese territory for the first time as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter China. The Type 88 surface-to-ship, short-range missile was tested ...

Japan’s new defense strategy, unveiled in 2022, will require an estimated $300 billion through 2027. But entitlement demands continue to dominate spending as the single largest government expenditure, ...