Japan is the fourth country to purchase the latest version of the U.S. Army's CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter to modernize its ...

The two top defense officials may together attend a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on March 29 on the Pacific island of ...

Japan will begin mass production of its enhanced Type 12 surface-to-ship missile (SSM) earlier than projected and has ...

TOKYO -- Chinese military vessels sailed through waters around Japan's southwestern islands 68 times in 2024, more than ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it has begun the Pacific Steller joint exercise with the U.S. and French ...

Japanese fighter aircraft intercepted a Russian spy plane over the waters west of the nation on Tuesday, while a suspected ...

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has placed an order for 17 CH-47 Block II Chinooks Extended Range, Boeing announced Thursday. The Block II order, which will be produced by Boeing and Kawasaki ...

TOKYO — The United States has approved a $900 million missile sale to Japan, the third major arms purchase of its kind by the ...

Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

The Japanese government has approved draft legislation to introduce measures to pre-empt possible cyberattacks amid an ...

Japan detonated 461 WWII-era US-made shells Thursday off the coast of Japan's southeastern island of Okinawa, the Stars and Stripes US military newspaper reported. The shells saw active combat in WWII ...

Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a bill allowing police and the Self-Defense Forces to neutralize enemy servers in the ...