Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Saturday to enhance his country’s defense capabilities in an increasingly severe security environment, during a speech at the graduation ceremony for the National Defense Academy …
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force resumed Thursday flights of its Ospreys near Tokyo, almost four months after suspending them due to a deadly crash of a U.S. military Osprey off a …
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 …
Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, the top uniformed officer of the Self-Defense Forces’ Joint Staff, Monday returned to his official duties for the first time in about a month after taking a …
Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said Saturday that it conducted joint training with two U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bombers over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea a day …
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 Germany on Monday concluded a military pact to facilitate exchanges of supplies and logistical support as the two countries aim to strengthen their defense ties in the face …
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 …