North Korea slammed Japan for its joint next-generation fighter jet development project with the United Kingdom and Italy, ...

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for ...

Officials in Tokyo released their Defense of Japan 2025 white paper this week with findings the international community is ...

TOKYO -- Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to ...

The Japan Self-Defense Forces, established in 1954, ranks as the world’s fourth most-powerful military in conventional capabilities, with the eighth-largest military budget.

Japan’s new national security strategy and related defense plans herald a major military modernization effort in response to perceived threats in Northeast Asia, particularly China.

Japan’s plan to ramp up military spending, explained. US officials are sold on Japan’s new military posture. Japan’s public might not be.

Given the growing military strength of nearby China and also North Korea, Japan wants to upgrade the defense alliance with the United States by becoming a fuller-fledged military partner and ...

Japan's government on Tuesday relaxed military equipment export restrictions, the second change in less than four months, to allow future overseas sales of an advanced jet fighter it is developing ...

Japan's Defense Ministry has asked for an unprecedented budget of 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) for the upcoming financial year as the nation faces growing military threats from China.

Japan’s defense ministry requests nearly 12% budget increase to bolster military strength. Tokyo’s $52.5bn request for the 2024 fiscal year marks the second year of a rapid military buildup ...

The Japanese military is particularly vulnerable to the consequences of demographic change. Since its founding in 1954, the force has rarely met its recruitment targets, and decades of economic ...