PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday slammed Japan's 2025 defense white paper, calling it ...

By bno - Taipei Office For much of the post-war era, Japan’s armed forces - officially termed the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) - ...

Japan's defence ministry plans to acquire six shipborne small UAVs in fiscal year 2025 as part of a broader strategy to ...

Since the end of World War II, Japan has been struggling to strike the right balance between pacifism and productive security engagement with the world.

Within Japan, there are debates as to how new – and how hawkish – the 2022 National Security Strategy really is.

Japan is choosing to reinforce the international order that the United States helped to create after World War II, according to Japanologist Michael J. Green.

Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy to gain a more offensive footing and improve its resilience to protect itself from growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.

Japan has never fully reflected on its aggressive acts and war crimes before and during the World Anti-Fascist War (World War ...

TOKYO (AP) — In a major break from its strictly self-defense-only postwar principle, Japan adopted a national security strategy Friday declaring plans to possess preemptive strike capability and ...

“We’re modernizing our military alliance, building on Japan’s historic increase in defense spending and new national security strategy,” Biden said in his meeting with Kishida Friday ...

TOKYO -- Russia's war on Ukraine and the risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan highlight the need for Japan to build an independent system of defense that is not solely reliant on the U.S. military ...

The annual defense white paper says that U.S. actions under Trump will “significantly impact” the Indo-Pacific region and ...