Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and two other Cabinet ministers, all members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the 79th anniversary of the country’s …
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara is considering visiting Hawaii to meet his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, as early as the beginning of May, Japanese Defense Ministry officials said Thursday. In the …
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 …
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, …
Beijing – North Korea on Monday criticized Japan’s plan to move the deployment of domestically made long-range missiles forward to an earlier date, with its state media saying Tokyo’s military …