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

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Saturday he asked his U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio that Japan be exempt from President Donald Trump's plans to impose 25 percent steel and aluminum tariffs ...

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

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

A Seoul court begins the criminal trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges linked to his short-lived order to impose martial law, Thailand reports its annual GDP numbers ...

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 ...

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

The Japanese Defense Ministry on Friday revealed the development progress of the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile, announcing the standoff missile—which is intended for use in defending the nat ...

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 ...

the Japanese Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The Russian aircraft did not enter Japan's sovereign airspace over its 12-nautical-mile-wide territorial waters, but was inside its air defense zone ...

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 ...