As well as a new sub-launched cruise missile, Japan will be getting upgraded versions of its Type 12 anti-ship missile for ...

Japan’s military disposed of nearly 13 tons of unexploded ordnance on Okinawa between April 2024 and March — a little more ...

Japan plays a key role in containing China under the U.S. island chain strategy, which conceives three north-south defensive ...

According to a map provided by Japan’s Defense Ministry, joint air and missile defense training events will take place in the ...

As part of an ongoing effort to increase its defense strategy, Japan will be adding American-designed missiles to its ...

Japan’s fleet of V-22 Ospreys will move this summer to a permanent base on Kyushu, keeping to a schedule the Ministry of Defense announced two years ago, according to Defense Minister Gen Nakatani.

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — The Japanese army on Wednesday began deploying its fleet of V-22 Ospreys on a newly opened permanent base in southwestern Japan, in the country’s latest move to strengthen its ...

Japan plans to send two Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to Lithuania to teach Ukrainian soldiers how to remove land mines ...

Four Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members were injured Monday after a piece of military ordnance went off at the U.S. Air Force base. By Nicholas Slayton Published Jun 9, 2025 7:30 AM EDT Four ...

Communities near Mount Fuji are expressing anxieties over civilian safety after the Ground Self-Defense Force's unprecedented ...

CAMP ITAMI, Japan – Trilateral forces, The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), 1st (Australian) Division (1 (AS) Div), and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) service members held a Combined Arms ...

The orders made Keith William “Bluey” Truscott’s blood boil. On September 7, 1942, the Australian ace and legendary commander ...