The Ground Self-Defense Force has failed to identify the cause of last year’s deadly helicopter crash off Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Island in an investigative report on the incident, Defense Ministry …
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Friday that the United States has made an official request to coordinate timings for resuming operations of Osprey aircraft in Japan, after they were grounded …
Manila – The Philippines and Japan may hold the second round of their so-called two-plus-two security dialogue later this year in Manila, Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo said Friday, as …
The Defense Ministry will allow Self-Defense Forces recruits to have longer hair from April this year as it aims to make the armed services more attractive to young people. The …
Japan and the United States have recently agreed to begin joint research on artificial intelligence in the hope of using the technology for drones that would work in tandem with …
The Defense Ministry has punished the Ground Self-Defense Force’s vice chief of staff and two others over the use of official cars for their group visit to Tokyo’s war-linked Yasukuni …
The United States has promised to consult with Japan before it resumes Osprey flights after suspending them following a deadly crash of one of the tilt-rotor aircraft late last year, …
The U.S. military could be deployed to Ishikawa Prefecture’s earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula to help with relief operations, a senior Japanese official said Tuesday, as snow and freezing temperatures continued to …
With national security in mind, the government on Monday added six U.S. military and other key facilities to its list of locations where the acquisition and use of land in …
The vice chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Force visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo earlier this week with his subordinates, the Defense Ministry has said. The ministry …