U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, it could ...

In February and March, the U.S. Marine Corps joined the Japanese military for Iron Fist 24, an annual military exercise that showcases U.S.-Japanese military coordination. Iron Fist The America ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

Wang listed Japan’s military deployment on the islands off its southwest coast from October 2023 to September last year.

Japan will expand an unprecedented military aid program, the first of its kind since World War II, to help the armed forces ...

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

The Japanese prime minister visited Indonesia and Malaysia, as part of efforts to integrate the Southeast Asian nations into ...

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) will send a delegation to Japan for a visit later this month as the two countries step up engagement and defence exchanges in a bid to mend bilateral ties. The ...

Representatives from China's military will visit Japan in mid-January as agreed by both countries, to enhance mutual ...

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic ... The presence of someone else’s military on this list may strike some as unusual, but let’s face ...