Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi hailed the resumption of exercises as signaling 'a new chapter' in bilateral defense ...

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has announced that it conducted a joint search and rescue drill with the South Korean Navy for the first time since a radar irradiation incident that negatively ...

NHK has learned that Japan's Defense Ministry is transporting a launcher and other equipment as part of preparations to ...

Japan plans to replace the unique rank titles used by its Self-Defense Forces with internationally recognized military-style names such as general.

Japan began developing a domestically produced unmanned AAV in 2024, and materials recently disclosed by the Ministry of ...

China’s reach is extending beyond the First Island Chain. Japan is taking note. U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...

Type-88 surface-to-ship guided missiles of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force are expected to be up for consideration.

In mid-April 2026, Taiwanese media reported that the Republic of China (ROC) Navy is evaluating Japan’s upgraded Mogami-class frigate, known in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as the New FFM, as ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...

Japan and Indonesia agreed Friday to begin working-level talks on the possible export of Asagiri-class destroyers to Jakarta ...

SEOUL, June 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan on Sunday held a joint maritime search and rescue exercise (SAREX) for the ...

Pacific strategy, a wave of new defense pacts and potential submarine exports marks a bold shift in Japan's military ...