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

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

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.

The Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has heavily criticised Japan''s 2025 defence white paper, calling it ...

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

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

Japan will export used destroyers to the Philippines, Reuters reported, citing Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, to ...

So-called “stand-off” missile capabilities are core to a defence strategy adopted in 2022 to threaten Chinese military bases that could be used against Japan.

After World War II, the U.S. dismantled the former Japanese military, but with the onset of the Cold War, it shifted from a demilitarization strategy to make Japan a bulwark against communism.

Japan often hypes the "Chinese military threat" and "security concerns in the neighborhood," trying to justify its military expansion.