The officers said that Japan risks hamstringing itself with its antiquated policies. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The two Chinese carriers currently in the western Pacific employ the older “ski-jump” launch method for aircraft, with a ramp ...

Japan put the branches of its military under a single operational command, taking a step the US, China and other nations have followed to better prepare for conflict by ensuring coordination ...

Japan has strongly criticized a close encounter between its military patrol aircraft and a Chinese fighter jet, describing ...

Opinion polls show growing support in Japan for a more visible role for the Self-Defense Forces, as the military is known. Yet the scale of the challenge is daunting. While China’s actual ...

Japan is stepping up efforts to deter China’s military ambitions in the Asia-Pacific as Tokyo and other US partners seek clarity from the Trump administration about its plans to counter Beijing ...

Opinion polls show growing support in Japan for a more visible role for the Self-Defense Forces, as the military is known. Yet the scale of the challenge is daunting. While China’s actual ...

The U.S. may be pulling back from Europe under President Trump, but despite his remarks about Japan, U.S. military cooperation with Tokyo has appeared stable, and may even expand as the White ...

Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday.

DEFENSE officials from the Philippines, Australia, Japan and the United States on Saturday announced four key developments in their partnership shortly after a meeting in Singapore. Representing their ...