The enhancement of the Type 12 anti-ship missile is part of Japan's ongoing efforts to bolster the defense of its outlying ...

Japan plans to deploy upgraded long-range missiles on its southernmost main island by spring as it continues to bolster ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

Japan has demanded China stop flying its fighter jets abnormally close to Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft, which it said was happening repeatedly and could cause a collision. Japan's ...

Japan’s defense minister has dismissed as “completely unfounded” a report that its military urged the United States to ...

Canada, Japan and Australia: Swing States or Pawns for China? Europe should consider the recent experience of other middle powers in dealing with the People’s Republic of China. By François ...

Japan’s Official Security Assistance continues to grow in its third year, reflecting Tokyo’s aim to give Indo-Pacific countries a third option for partnership.

Japan's farm ministry said on Friday that an animal health and quarantine agreement with China had come into force, paving the way towards the resumption of Japanese beef exports to China that had ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to the Pacific, describing the moves in a new defense report ...

The two sides reiterated their opposition to “any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion” in the East and South China seas.

Japan is advancing its Type 12 missile and deploying it to a location from where it can target major cities of China. the ...