Tokyo’s first batch of long-range strike missiles capable of reaching ground and maritime targets at extended ranges have ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) announced on 31 March that it has started operating two newly designated and ...

Japan will establish a new Pacific-focused defense unit and expand surveillance in remote island areas to counter China's ...

An active officer of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces was arrested Tuesday after breaching the grounds of China’s embassy in Tokyo, prompting complaints from Beijing, in another episode likely to keep ties ...

China’s Foreign Ministry said a man claiming to be an active officer of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces forcefully entered the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, prompting protest from the Chinese government. The ...

TOKYO — Japan said Wednesday it conveyed regrets to China after authorities confirmed they arrested a Japanese army soldier on suspicion of trespass, a day after China protested over an alleged ...

The UN nuclear watchdog reported "no increase in off-site radiation level" at the Natanz nuclear plant in Iran and "no ...

STRIKES ESCALATE: Iran said its Natanz uranium enrichment complex has been attacked, while Tehran fired missiles at the joint ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party won a landslide election last month with a platform that included transforming the Japanese Self-Defense Force into a formal military. But meddling with the ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denies Australia is out of step with its allies after several countries, including the UK, ...

TOKYO – The Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency is moving to develop an AI-powered intelligence analysis system for the Self-Defense Forces. The agency will commission research through fiscal ...

Japan isn't currently planning to send warships to the Middle East, Japan's defense minister said Monday. "We are not considering dispatching the SDF at this moment," Shinjiro Koizumi said in ...