After Japan’s defeat in World War II, the country adopted a pacifist constitution under the influence of the United States, ...

Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China in a new defense report. The report highlights China's growing ...

Japan is undergoing its most significant military buildup since WWII, signaling a sharp departure from its pacifist post-war stance. In 2023, the country increased its defense budget by 26% and plans ...

Tensions over Taiwan may heighten, Japan’s defence minister said on Tuesday as he presented an annual defence white paper that again singled out Beijing as Tokyo’s “greatest strategic challenge”.

Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to the ...

Japan's military test-fired a missile on Japanese territory for the first time Tuesday, as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter China. The Type 88 surface-to-ship, short-range ...

Japan's defense white paper also states that Russia's "military cooperation" with China is another cause for concern, claiming that the two countries' joint bomber flights and naval drills in the ...

The strike group was originally scheduled to visit Australia. — -- The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson strike group is heading to the Sea of Japan amid heightened tensions between the U.S ...

A court in Japan sentenced a Marine to seven years in prison on Tuesday after it found him guilty of strangling and attempting to sexually assault a Japanese woman in Okinawa last year, the latest ...